An American girl wrongfully detained in Iran for a 12 months and a half on spying prices has now landed again within the US, her legal professional introduced.
Dena Karari, who was locked up by the Iranian regime for 566 days and charged with espionage, wore an American flag round her shoulders as she arrived in San Francisco, in response to a photograph shared by her human rights lawyer on Saturday.
“Welcome dwelling Dena Karari from Iran to the land of the free and the house of the courageous— after 566 days wrongly detained by the Iranian regime,” legal professional Jared Genser wrote on X. “THANK YOU to all who made today doable, identified and unknown. We should now redouble our efforts to get all the opposite People out!”
Karari, an Iranian-American, was detained by Iranian officers in December 2024, the New York Occasions reported.
The twin citizen labored for a US expertise firm and in addition ran a charity for kids in Iran, in response to the outlet.
She was launched from jail however each of her passports had been confiscated, stopping her from leaving the nation.
President Trump introduced the discharge of Karari as a “gesture of goodwill” by Iran on Wednesday.
“Iran has allowed an American Citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December of 2024 below the ‘presidency’ of Sleepy Joe Biden, to go away the Nation,” he wrote on Reality Social on Wednesday.
“She is now safely exterior of Iran, and in good situation,” the president added. “The US of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran!”
