Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari

Background and arrest

Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari
Persian: نصرت الله خسروی رودسری
Born	Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari
Nationality	Iranian-American

Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari (Persian: نصرت الله خسروی رودسری) is an Iranian-American who was freed during a prisoner exchange between the United States of America and Iran. In August 2013, Khosravi-Roodsari went to Iran to visit family. In May 2015, when attempting to get onto a flight to the United States, Koshravi was informed he couldn't leave the country and was taken into custody by the Iranian authorities. According to his lawyer, he was charged with espionage and sending secret information to a hostile government. He was imprisoned in Ward 409, Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran's Ministry of Intelligence controls.

References

"Freed American Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari Remains a Mystery". ABC News.
"US Prisoner who stayed in Iran was FBI consultant". NY Times.
"Iran - US swap: who was the 'fourth American' Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari". Euronews.
"Freed American Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari not on the plane that left Tehran: U.S. official". Reuters.
"Cases of Two Detained in Iran Are Mystery". WSJ.
"Iran's Mysterious American Prisoner Claimed He Was an FBI Informant. Oops". The Daily Beast.

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