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Video surfaces of detained US businessman in Iran

A year after the arrest of Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi, a video has appeared on social media with new footage of him.
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A one-minute video of Dubai-based, Iranian-American businessman Siamak Namazi, who has been detained in Iran since Oct. 15, 2015, surfaced on Twitter and Telegram. Titled “Latest Contempt,” the video was released for download on Oct. 16 by Nasim Online, known as a news agency close the Principlist faction.

The short video opens with pictures of previously captured American drones and US sailors in Iran. It contains images of Jason Rezaian, the former Washington Post correspondent in Tehran who was convicted following an espionage trial and released in January after spending 18 months in prison.

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