Americans finally released from Iranian prison

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today's show begins with a huge break in a story we’ve been covering for years. A group of Americans imprisoned in Iran have just been released from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. This includes the longest held, 51-year-old Siamak Namazi, who has been languishing there for more than seven years. After being left behind in three previous prisoner swaps, Siamak went to extraordinary lengths on this show five months ago, making a public appeal for his release and that of his fellow Iranian-Americans Emad Shargi and Morad Tabaz. Christiane has a report on how it all unfolded, followed by interviews with Siamak's lawyer Jared Genser, CNN US Security Correspondent Kylie Atwood, and Washington Post writer Jason Rezaian, who spent 18 months in an Iranian prison. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	I spend months' cages. I spend months' cagesaging solitary still.
0:13.8	After seven years he and the other American prisoners are out of Tehran's notorious
0:19.1	Evin prison but not totally free just yet.
0:22.8	We get all the latest ahead and bring you the heartfelt plea from
0:26.8	Siamagnamazi who called this program in March,
0:30.5	desperately pleading for his release.
0:33.0	Plus, the climate was and is very vicious.
0:37.0	Is journalism dead in India?
0:39.0	Hurry Sri Navasan talks to a prominent news anchor
0:42.0	and the director of a new film while we
0:44.8	watched on the press freedom crisis in the world's largest democracy. And then. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm
1:07.0	I'm Pristiana Manpur in London and we begin with a huge break in a story that we've been covering for years
1:15.0	a group of Americans imprisoned in Iran have just been released from Tehran's notorious
1:20.3	Evin prison including the longest held 51 year old Ciamack Namazie who has
1:25.8	been languishing there for more than seven years. According to his lawyer they
1:30.3	have moved to house arrest pending their freedom to leave the country, potentially
1:34.8	several weeks from now.
1:36.6	The United States has no diplomatic relations with Iran, but the Swiss Act for their interests
1:41.6	there and the Persian Gulf state of Qatar was also involved
1:45.0	in facilitating this release. After being left behind in three previous prisoner swaps,
1:50.7	Ciamac went to extraordinary lengths on this show five months ago, making a public
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