“We were very pleased today to learn from the UN Secretary General that Iran has lifted the travel ban imposed on Baker Namazi... We are also grateful that his son Siamak Namazi, who was also unfairly detained, was released from prison on humanitarian grounds, so that he can be with his father, ”TASS reports.
In July 2017, US leader Donald Trump called on Iran to return to the United States Robert Levinson, who has been held for more than a decade, and also demanded "the release of Siamak and Baker Namazi, captured during the Obama administration, and other Americans unjustly imprisoned in Iran."
Earlier, National Security Adviser to the US President Jake Sullivan announced the readiness of the United States to make “difficult decisions” in a dialogue with Russia about prisoners.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced his readiness to discuss the exchange of prisoners with the United States, but only through a special channel approved by the presidents of states.