The Lebanese authorities confirmed yesterday the release of Lebanese Nizar Zakka, who was detained in Iran on charges of spying for the United States, hours after the Iranian judiciary announced his agreement to release him. The General Directorate of the Lebanese General Security published a tweet on its account, saying "the Director General of the General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, on the way from Tehran to Lebanon, accompanied by Nizar Zaka, after his release by the Iranian authorities" They sit inside the plane. Zacca was detained in Iran in 2015 and sentenced in 2016 to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of $ 4.2 million "for conspiring against the state." In November 2015, Iran announced the arrest of Zacca, a Lebanese-American technical expert, on charges of "espionage for the benefit of the US intelligence services" after officially inviting him to attend a conference in Tehran. Iranian television reported that Zacca, who holds Lebanese citizenship, was arrested for "his links with the CIA."
A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, the release of Zaka "purely judicial process, did not take into account any political positions."