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A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran but is banned from leaving war-torn country

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NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian American jeweler from New York has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country, according to his family and federal officials. Kamran Hekmati was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept.

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  1. New York Post

    Long Island jeweler, 71, released from brutal Iranian prison after more than a year — but still banned from leaving the country (opens New York Post)

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    Hekmati spent over a year of his sentence imprisoned in Iran’s Evin Prison, a harsh facility known for excessive crackdowns, harsh beatings and other harrowing uses of unlawful force against prisoners, according to Amnesty International.

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran but is banned from leaving war-torn country (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian American jeweler from New York has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country, according to his family and federal officials. Kamran Hekmati was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept.

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