US citizen barred from leaving Iran needs life-saving surgery abroad, family says
The son of an American citizen held in Iran urged Tehran to lift a travel ban on his ailing 84-year-old father.
Baquer Namazi, a US citizen barred from leaving Iran, requires immediate surgery abroad to prevent a fatal stroke, his son told reporters Monday.
“In the past several weeks, my family’s worst fears have come to a head,” Babak Namazi said in a virtual press briefing on Monday.
