American held in Iran ends seven-day hunger strike, calls for ‘tough decisions’ to free imprisoned U.S. citizens in 2023

Siamak Namazi says the U.S. left him behind in a 2016 prisoner swap with Iran.

An American detained in Iran starting around 2015 finished a yearning strike Monday following seven days, saying it is the ideal opportunity for President Joe Biden to make "difficult choices" to get the arrival of Americans held in Tehran. Siamak Namazi declared the finish of his strike through his legal advisor, saying he was encouraged by the help and media inclusion he got. "The downpour of inclusion gave me the solidarity to carry on when my body was at its most vulnerable. It gave all us a much needed boost and reestablished our expectation," Namazi said in an explanation. "Kindly keep on bringing issues to light about our situation and don't get acclimated to our being Iran's prisoner. Try not to let President Biden leave us in this pit of wretchedness." Namazi shed around 10 pounds and his pulse spiked above ordinary levels after he sent off the craving strike, said his free legal advisor, Jared Genser. He likewise experienced a drop in energy and a decrease in his capacity to concentration, and he battled to remain warm, Genser said. Namazi began the yearning strike saying he believed that Biden should think about the predicament of U.S. prisoners in Iran for a moment the entire seven-day strike — one moment for every one of the seven years he has been in the slammer since, he said, he was "abandoned" in a January 2016 U.S.- Iran detainee trade. "I went on hunger strike since I've taken in the most difficult way possible that U.S. presidents will generally depend erring on their political thermometer than their ethical compass while choosing whether or not to enter a detainee manage Iran — or without a doubt who to remember for one," Namazi said in his explanation. "I denied myself nourishment for a whole week so that perhaps President Biden will perceive exactly how frantic the circumstance of the U.S. prisoners here has become. So he might understand that we have languished decidedly a lot over extremely lengthy, and that the time has come to match guarantees that liberating us is a U.S. government need with the difficult choices expected to bring us home. We all," he said.