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发信人: gemini2012 (双子AB), 信区: USANews
标 题: 伊朗又在要美国花钱赎人质，咋办？
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Oct 25 15:41:07 2016, 美东)
Hostage Tells Attorney Iran is Demanding $4 Million Ransom
Justin Holcomb
Posted: Oct 25, 2016 2:30 PM
A permanent U.S. resident who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than a
year has told his representing attorney that the Iranian government is
demanding a ransom in exchange for his release, according to the Washington
Examiner.
Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen and permanent resident of the United States,
said Iranian officials told him in April it would take as much as $2
billion for his release from prison. In September, Iranian officials lowered
that amount to $4 million, but he would remain in prison until the payment
was made.
"This is a grave breach of, among [other international laws and treaties],
the Geneva Conventions against hostage-taking," his lawyer, Jason Poblete,
said on Tuesday. "Iran is using Nizar, other Americans and dual nationals,
as political chattel to exact concessions from the U.S. and other powers."
Since Zakka was captured last fall, Poblete says his client has been
psychologically tortured and subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment.
"On behalf of Nizar, we request that all be done by the U.S. and other
governments to secure his unconditional release from captivity on
humanitarian grounds," Poblete said. "Nizar is extremely weak and getting
sicker."
Zakka, an Internet freedom advocate who worked for the U.S. government,
denies the charges of being spy. He believes the Iranian government lured
him to Tehran in order imprison him. He was arrested in Iran after traveling
there to attend an international conference.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2016/10/25/hostage-in-iran-tells-attorney-tehran-is-demanding-4-million-ransom-n2236929 |
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