Iran, the former UNICEF official Namazi and his son can leave the country

Together with the protests, the release in Iran of Baquer Namazi, the Iranian-American detained together with his son Siamak, to whom Iran has also granted authorization to leave the country of the Islamic Republic for humanitarian reasons, is newsworthy.

Namazi, 85, a former UNICEF official, was jailed in 2016 on charges of espionage with a 10-year sentence.

In 2015 he went to Iran to press for the release of his son Siamak, 50, accused of spying before his father.

Both had been sentenced in October 2016. The father was placed under house arrest in 2018 due to his health condition.

According to UN spokesman Stephan Dujarric, Secretary General

is satisfied with the success of the operation: Namazi can leave and his son is free from detention.

The news of the release and authorization to leave the country was confirmed by the head of international affairs of Iranian justice

, quoted by IRNA.

Namazi father had obtained medical leave in 2018, having been treated for four years in his home in Tehran because the Iranian authorities had not allowed him to leave the country.

His son Siamak remained in prison in the Evin prison in Tehran, the most feared in the Republic. 

In June, Namazi had published an editorial in the Ny Times in which he "begged" US President

to consider an exchange of prisoners with Tehran to allow him to leave.

In the background of the story there is the

and on the social networks there is the concern that this "exchange" also affects the effects of the anti-veil protest that is shaking the Shiite-led Islamic Republic in recent days.

Protest that has made almost a hundred victims and thousands of arrests.

The US State Department notes that the "efforts" are "far from over. We remain committed and determined to ensure the freedom of all Americans unjustly detained in Iran and elsewhere," who "should be reunited with their loved ones as soon as possible. ". 

Iran is now claiming the release of approximately $ 7 billion in frozen funds abroad after the "conclusion of negotiations with the United States for the release of prisoners from both countries," the agency continues. 

Billions of dollars in Iranian funds frozen in countries like China, South Korea and Japan since the United States re-imposed harsh sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018 after unilaterally withdrawing from the Tehran nuclear deal.