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Jewish Iranian-American sentenced to prison in Iran for visiting Israel 13 years ago

JL;DR SUMMARY Kamran Hekmati, a 70-year-old Jewish Iranian-American from Long Island, has been sentenced to two years in Iran's Evin prison for visiting Israel 13 years ago. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Travel RestrictionsIranHuman RightsEvin PrisonU.S. Iran TensionsJewish Iranian RelationsKamran HekmatiJewish Communities In IranDual Citizenship IssuesIranian Legal System

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Great Neck, New York, United States
"Kamran Hekmati, 70, of Great Neck, Long Island, which is home to a large Persian Jewish population, traveled to Iran in May for what was supposed to be a brief visit."
Tehran, Fars, Iran
"But in July, he was detained and sent to Evin prison in Tehran, his relatives told the New York Times, which reported Hekmatis imprisonment for the first time on Thursday."
Fars, Iran
"Directly following the war, Iran arrested 35 members of the Jewish communities in Tehran and Shiraz on charges of having contact with Israel."
Shiraz, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
"Directly following the war, Iran arrested 35 members of the Jewish communities in Tehran and Shiraz on charges of having contact with Israel."
Israel
"Kamran Hekmati, a 70 yo Jewish Iranian American from New York has been arrested by the Islamic Regime for the crime of traveling to Israel 13 yrs ago for his son's bar mitzvah."

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