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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 808 

Calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to release IranianAmericans Siamak Namazi and his father, Baquer Namazi. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 6, 2016 

Mr. ROYCE (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. HONDA, 

Mr. ISSA, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. MICA) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Calling on the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran 

to release Iranian-Americans Siamak Namazi and his 

father, Baquer Namazi. 

Whereas dual citizen of the United States and Iran Siamak 

Namazi studied international relations at Tufts University and urban planning at Rutgers University; 

Whereas Siamak Namazi was named as a Young Global 

Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007; 

Whereas Siamak Namazi was a former Public Policy Fellow 

at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, was a business consultant, and most recently worked 

in the petroleum industry for a company based in Dubai, 

United Arab Emirates; 


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Whereas Siamak Namazi traveled from Dubai to Tehran to 

visit relatives in July 2015; 

Whereas when departing, Siamak Namazi was denied exit in 

mid-July 2015; 

Whereas Siamak Namazi was interrogated for 3 months before he was detained on October 15, 2015, without any 

charges; 

Whereas Siamak Namazi remains under arrest in Evin Prison and no charges have been filed against him; 

Whereas dual citizen of the United States and Iran, Baquer 

Namazi, father of Siamak Namazi was detained on February 22, 2016, and is also being held in Evin Prison; 

Whereas Baquer Namazi worked for UNICEF in New York 

and served as the UNICEF Representative to Somalia, 

Kenya, and Egypt; 

Whereas Baquer Namazi is a recognized leader of humanitarian causes, especially poverty eradication, through his 

United Nations work and his post-retirement civil society 

activities; 

Whereas Secretary of State John Kerry responded on February 25, 2016, to a question about the detention of 

Siamak Namazi, ‘‘I am very familiar with this and I am 

engaged on it specifically’’; and 

Whereas on January 16, 2016, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran released 5 United States citizens, 

Jason Rezaian of California, Saeed Abedini of Idaho, 

Amir Mirzaei Hekmati of Michigan, Matthew Trevithick 

of Massachusetts, and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) calls on the Government of the Islamic Re2 public of Iran to unconditionally release Siamak and 

3 Baquer Namazi immediately; 

4 (2) urges the President, the allies of the United 

5 States, and the United Nations to raise the cases of 

6 Siamak and Baquer Namazi with officials of the 

7 Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran at every 

8 opportunity and undertake efforts to secure their 

9 immediate release; 

10 (3) encourages the President to utilize appro11 priate measures against the Government of the Is12 lamic Republic of Iran if Siamak and Baquer 

13 Namazi are not released; and 

14 (4) expresses sympathy to the family of Siamak 

15 and Baquer Namazi for their anguish and expresses 

16 hope that their ordeal can be brought to an end in 

17 the near future. 

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