HRANA – Shahab Dalili, an Iranian citizen and U.S. permanent resident who had been imprisoned in Evin Prison, was released after serving 10 years in prison. Following his release, he returned to the United States.

According to HRANA, Shahab Dalili has been released. Radio Farda, confirming the report, wrote that after more than a decade in detention in Iran, he traveled from Evin Prison to Yerevan and then returned to Washington, where he is now safe and reunited with his family.

The report did not specify the exact date of the political prisoner’s release.

In 2016, Shahab Dalili returned to Iran to attend his father’s funeral ceremony. While attempting to leave the country, he was arrested on the charge of “cooperating with a hostile government.”

Shahab Dalili, an Iranian citizen holding U.S. permanent residency, was ultimately sentenced to 10 years in prison on the aforementioned charge.