Third Iranian-American released on eve of JCPOA sues Iran
Farzad Khosravi, or Nosratollah Khosravi Rudsari, one of four Iranian-Americans who were released during the prisoner exchange and implementation of the JCPOA, has filed a lawsuit against Iran in a US court, demanding more than $40 million in compensation.
According to the Associated Press, Farzad Khosravi, also known as Nosratollah Khosravi, sued the Iranian government in a court in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
According to this report, Mr. Khosravi stated in his petition that he had requested asylum in the United States in 1982, but that he would return to Iran in 2012, when his passport would first be confiscated.
The petition also states: After a while, the security forces returned Mr. Khosravi's passport to him, but in 2015, he was "arrested and tortured while leaving the country."
According to the Associated Press, however, Mr. Khosravi's lawyer has not been willing to provide further explanations regarding this complaint.
Not much information was published in the Iranian media about the circumstances and details of Mr. Khosravi's arrest, but his name was among four people who were released on the eve of the nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, or the JCPOA.
Simultaneously with the implementation of the JCPOA, on January 16 of last year, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, former Marine Amir Hekmati, Christian convert Saeed Abedini, and Nasratollah Khosravi Rudsari, four American citizens of Iranian descent, were released from Iranian prisons. In exchange for the release of these prisoners, the US government agreed to release seven Iranians imprisoned in the country.
Previously, in May of this year, Amir Hekmati filed a lawsuit in a court in Washington against the Islamic Republic's authorities, alleging that he was tortured during his detention.
Then, on Monday, October 3, Jason Rezaian and his family sued the Iranian government in a US federal court. Mr. Rezaian said that he had been held hostage by the Islamic Republic and had been subjected to mental and physical abuse during his 18 months in prison.
After Jason Rezaian filed a complaint on October 8, an Iranian MP said that the United States was supposed to release 20 Iranians imprisoned in the country in exchange for Jason Rezaian's release, but "it has not kept its promise."
Abolfazl Hosseinbeigi, deputy chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament, had stated that Jesseon Rezaian's "espionage" had been "proven for the Mossad and American intelligence agencies" and that he had carried out "various missions" in Iran on behalf of the United States.
Source: Radio Farda
