Babak Namazi, whose father and brother are being held in Iran, testifies before a House foreign affairs subcommittee in Washington on March 7, 2019. “I think it’s necessary for the Trump administration to make it a priority,” she added. “The Obama administration had the opportunity to get Bob home and failed,” said Chistine Levinson. “I have begged repeatedly for the Iranian government to allow my sick father to be allowed to leave Iran. We don’t want my father to leave Iran in a coma, or worse, dead.”

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2019 22:30 UTC