Third Iranian-American Released on Eve of JCPOA Files Lawsuit Against Iran
Farzad Khosravi, also known as Nasrollah Khosravi Rudsar, one of four Iranian-Americans released during a prisoner exchange related to the implementation of the JCPOA, has filed a lawsuit against Iran in a U.S. court and is seeking over $40 million in damages.
According to the Associated Press, Farzad Khosravi, who is also known as Nasrollah Khosravi, filed a complaint against the Iranian government on Monday in a courthouse in Washington, D.C.
According to the report, Mr. Khosravi stated in his complaint that he had requested asylum from the United States in 1982 but returned to Iran in 2012, when his passport was initially confiscated.
The complaint also states: “After some time, security forces returned Mr. Khosravi’s passport to him, but in 2015 he was arrested while attempting to leave the country and was tortured.”
According to the Associated Press, Mr. Khosravi’s lawyer has declined to provide further details regarding this lawsuit.
Little information about the circumstances and details of Mr. Khosravi’s arrest was published in Iranian media, but his name was among four individuals released on the eve of the nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, or the JCPOA.
Concurrent with the implementation of the JCPOA, on January 16 of last year, Jason Rezaian, a reporter for the Washington Post, Amir Hekmati, a former Marine, Saeed Abedini, a Christian pastor, and Nasrollah Khosravi Rudsar, four Iranian-American citizens, were released from Iranian prisons. In exchange for the release of these prisoners, the U.S. government agreed to the release of seven Iranian prisoners in this country.
Previously, Amir Hekmati filed a lawsuit in a Washington courthouse in April of this year against officials of the Islamic Republic for torturing him during his detention.
Then Jason Rezaian and his family filed a lawsuit against the Iranian government on Monday, October 3, in a U.S. federal court. Mr. Rezaian stated that he was a hostage of the Islamic Republic and during 18 months of imprisonment, he was subjected to physical and psychological abuse.
An Iranian parliament representative, following Jason Rezaian’s complaint on September 8, said that the United States was supposed to release 20 Iranian prisoners in exchange for Rezaian’s release but “did not honor its commitment.”
Abolfazl Hosseinbighi, vice chair of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, stated that Jason Rezaian’s “espionage” “for Mossad and American intelligence organizations was proven” and he had carried out “various missions” for America in Iran.
Source: Radio Farda
