Iranian-American Academic Kamran Hekmati Released from Tehran Prison

Kamran Hekmati has been freed from Evin Prison in Tehran after being convicted for a 2012 visit to Israel to attend his son's bar mitzvah, though he remains barred from leaving Iran.

7 Sept, 14:47 — 7 Sept, 14:47

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Iranian-American Jew Kamran Hekmati released from Tehran's Evin Prison, must stay in Iran - report

Hekmati was arrested in July 2025 and imprisoned after a Tehran court convicted him over a visit to Israel 13 years earlier, when he traveled there to attend his son’s bar mitzvah celebration.

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Iranian-American Academic Kamran Hekmati Released from Tehran Prison

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Iranian-American Jew Kamran Hekmati released from Tehran's Evin Prison, must stay in Iran - report

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