Baquer Namazi, a US citizen held in Iran for more than six years, is again in urgent need of surgery to clear life-threatening blockages in an artery to his brain, his family said Tuesday.
Multiple neurologists have assessed that the 85-year-old needs surgery within weeks to address blockages in his left internal carotid artery. Namazi, who Iranian authorities have barred from leaving he country, underwent a similar procedure to avoid a stroke in October 2021 after Tehran refused to allow him to seek medical care abroad.
