A look at the prisoners Iran and US have identified previously in an exchange

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Here is some information about them:SIAMAK NAMAZISiamak Namazi, an energy executive, was arrested in Iran in 2015.
49% : Siamak Namazi is the longest-held Iranian-American held in Tehran.
47% : Iran and the United States have previously identified eight of 10 prisoners in an exchangeIran and the United States have previously identified eight of the 10 prisoners in an exchange Monday.
46% : His family says Iran had cleared him of spying charges in December 2019 after jailing and interrogating him for months.
45% : He had advocated closer ties between Iran and the West.
41% : The father was placed under house arrest for medical reasons in 2018 but prevented from leaving Iran despite his family's pleas that he travel to undergo heart surgery.
41% : IRANIAN PRISONERSIran meanwhile has identified five prisoners it seeks released.
36% : He ultimately left Iran in October 2022.
35% : They are:-- Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, an Iranian charged in 2021 with allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent on Iran's behalf while lobbying U.S. officials on issues like nuclear policy;-- Mehrdad Ansari, an Iranian sentenced to 63 months in prison in 2021 for obtaining equipment that could be used in missiles, electronic warfare, nuclear weapons and other military gear;-- Amin Hasanzadeh, an Iranian and permanent resident of the United States whom prosecutors charged in 2019 with allegedly stealing engineering plans from his employer to send to Iran;-- Reza Sarhangpour Kafrani, an Iranian charged in 2021 over allegedly unlawfully exporting laboratory equipment to Iran; and-- Kambiz Attar Kashani, an Iranian-American sentenced in February to 30 months in prison for purchasing "sophisticated, top-tier U.S. electronic equipment and software" through front companies in the United Arab Emirates.
34% : Tahbaz was caught in a dragnet targeting environmental activists while visiting Iran in January 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
28% : But Tahbaz remained stuck in Iran.
24% : Iran says security forces then caught Sharghi on the country's northwestern border and rearrested him as he tried to flee Iran while free on bail.
20% : Iran sentenced both Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi, to 10 years in the notorious Evin Prison on what the U.S. and U.N. say are trumped-up spying charges.

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