Michael White: Detained US military veteran freed in Iran on medical furlough
Iran has released a detained US military veteran from custody due to unspecified medical reasons under the condition that he remains in the country, State Department Secretary Mike Pompeo said in a statement on Thursday.
Michael White had been held in the country since 2018 before he was released this week on medical furlough. In a statement, Mr Pompeo said the veteran had been “wrongfully detained by the Iranian regime” as he served a 13-year prison sentence.
“His release on humanitarian grounds was conditioned upon him staying in Iran”, the secretary of state said.
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