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American Siamak Namazi is on a hunger strike in Iranian prison. Why now and for what?

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Rachel Treisman

January 17, 2023

A mural in Washington, D.C. depicts Americans Siamak Namazi (left), who remains in Iran, and Jose Angel Pereira, who was released from Venezuela in October. (AP)

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