Nizar Zakka
@ZakkaNA
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Day 1: I arrived this morning to Vienna to join my colleague
@brosen1501
at
@HostageAid
in his hunger strike during the ongoing nuclear negotiations taking place here. We are calling on world powers to prioritize the release of all hostages held in Iran before any deal is signed
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Anoosheh and Nazanin landing safely in Oman.
@FreeAnoosheh
@mariam_claren
@FreeNazanin
@FreeMassud
@FreeTheNamazis
@FaribaRoland
@Free_Djalali
@FreekamranG
FREEDOM
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Day 2: As we campaign & hunger strike to
#FreeTheHostages
held in Iran, what encourages me is the HOPE that the hostages feel when they know the world outside has not forgotten them. It is this hope that keeps them going day after day in captivity. As a former hostage, I know.
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I ended my hunger strike tonight over a wonderful dinner with
@brosen1501
. The first evening in Vienna where neither is on hunger strike.
@HostageAid
#FreeTheHostages
.
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Day 5: As I continue my hunger strike today
#FreeTheHostages
, I can’t stop thinking about my 2 courageous friends
@FreekamranG
&
@FreeAnoosheh
at
#Evin
who are on hunger strike too; as if the daily pain and suffering they are going through is not enough.
@HostageAid
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Day 3: I'm more committed than ever to
#FreeTheHostages
campaign & blessed by the support from all over the world from true believers in human rights. We received many msgs from those wanting to join the hunger strike.
@HostageAid
@FreeTheNamazis
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Glad
@FreeNazanin
finally got her passport back, fingers crossed. Time to get her home. Still waiting for her travel permit, which hasn’t been issued yet.
@StateSPEHA
@FreeAnoosheh
@FreeMassud
@FreekamranG
@HostageAid
@XiyueWang9
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I was so honored & overwhelmed this morning when Rep. Deutch
@RepTedDeutch
presented me
@ZakkaNA
the US flag that was flown especially for me over the US Capitol on the day of my naturalization Ceremony. Thank you Congressman. Speechless is an understatement.
@POTUS
@HostageAid
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Day 4: Special thanks to
@USEnvoyIran
Rob Malley for the statement ensuring to
#FreeTheHostages
before any deal with Iran. Thanks to my colleague
@hostageaid
@Brosen1500
for all his efforts & for ending his hunger strike as his health is a priority. The campaign will go on.
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This week, 2 years ago, i was at
#Evin
waiting to be freed. as if yesterday. Thanks to
@robertcobrien
, Gen Ibrahim, my family, lawyers, friends and the wonderful Lebanese, Arabic, Persian speaking and the World Media. Many
#hostages
are left behind
@FreeNazanin
@FreeTheNamazis
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"He was abducted in Lebanon, probably by Hezbollah, and the Lebanese government is not willing to take any action”
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Breaking: US citizen Ziad Auf, freed from unlawful detention in
#Lebanon
for more than 2 years, is thankfully on his way home to the U.S.
@Free_Ziad_Auf
will finally be reunited with his family!
Thank you
@StateSPEHA
@usembassybeirut
,
@Hostageaid
and everyone who helped.
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Our hostages on their way home . Can’t wait to see you both. On the way to Belgium.
@HostageAid
@XiyueWang9
@jrezaian
@StateSPEHA
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Another Great NEWS from Iran , just now about
@FreeTheNamazis
, Bagher Namazi is allowed to leave the country and Siamak was granted a one week furlough, hopefully to be final . Great .. hope to see Siamak with us soon.
@HostageAid
thank you
@UN
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Save Jamshid Sharmahd – Jamshid Sharmahd darf nicht hingerichtet werden!
@ABaerbock
@AuswaertigesAmt
@MiRo_SPD
#FreeJamshidSharmahd
- Sign the Petition! via
@Change
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Finally his is speaking our language ...
@FreeNazanin
@FreeTheNamazis
@KristinHelene
@FreekamranG
@StateSPEHA
Western allies have failed to stop hostage taking by Iran by negotiating individually - it's time to hunt as a pack. My question in the House yesterday
#FreeNazanin
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All detainees at Evin ward 4 are ok, tear-gas was used, but no shooting nor fire at ward 4.
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Thank you
@brosen1501
. My hero, thank you for ending your hunger strike as your health was and will remain my priority. Let’s continue our campaign together until we get everyone home . Love you my older/younger brother.
@HostageAid
#FreeTheHostages
At the insistence of my family and the request of
@USEnvoyIran
, I’m ending my hunger strike after 5 days.
@ZakkaNA
,
@FreekamranG
,
@FreeAnoosheh
and
@JamshidBarzegar
will carry on. This isn’t the end. It’s the beginning. Please support us and keep hope alive.
#FreeTheHostages
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Glad to be with HostageAid supporting the hostages families today in front of the White House
@HostageAid
@FreeMassud
@FaribaRoland
@Free_Djalali
@FreekamranG
@freepaulwhelan
@mariam_claren
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The
#USA
goals today will be named: Siamak, Emad, Morad and Shehab .
@HostageAid
@XiyueWang9
@jrezaian
@brosen1501
@JasonMBrodsky
@Shahab_Dalili
@KMooreGilbert
@
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Iran says it is ready for an "immediate" exchange of prisoners with the United States
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In addition to the simultaneous translation of all court sessions, the Stockholm court has translated the 398-page ruling #حمید_نوری into Farsi at his request. But foreign defendants in Iran have a different experience of the proceedings in the revolutionary courts.
@FSeifikaran
دادگاه استکهلم علاوه بر ترجمه همزمان همه جلسات دادگاه، حکم ۳۹۸ صحفه‌ای #حمید_نوری را به درخواست او به فارسی ترجمه کرده است. اما متهمان خارجی در ایران از روند دادرسی در دادگاه‌های انقلاب تجربه متفاوتی دارند.
@FSeifikaran
@KMooreGilbert
@ZakkaNA
@XiyueWang9
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Join
@HostageAid
members in protesting the presence of Iran president Raisi at the UNGA .
@XiyueWang9
@brosen1501
@GazelleSharmahd
@VOAfarsi
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Today on VoA, sharing my joy of seeing Baquer Namazi, my cell neighbor for years at
#Evin
, landing in
#Oman
after 6.5 years hostage by the
#IRGC
. Waiting for
#FreeSiamak
,
#FreeEmad
and
#FreeMorad
. Thank you
#Oman
.
@HostageAid
@jrezaian
@XiyueWang9
@JaredGenser
@KMooreGilbert
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Iranian-American appeals to White House not to forget her husband imprisoned in Iran
@HostageAid
via
@nbcnews
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Thank you for your trust.
Congratulations to
@FreekamranG
,
@FreeMassud
, Fanak, Nilu & Harika, for finally having their loved ones on their way home and FREE.
@HostageAid
is proud to have worked closely with the families.
@EU_Hostages
@nilu_mo
@harika_ghaderi
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Follow
@EU_Hostages
for the latest update on the freed Kamran and Massoud release and all the other EU hostages.
@HostageAid
@XiyueWang9
@jrezaian
@mariam_claren
@FreeCecile_
@NoemieColere
Breaking: Massud Mossaheb & Kamran Ghaderi were released today!
We applaud the Austrian govt’s efforts & thank
@hadjalahbib
@a_schallenberg
for finally bringing home these innocent men who were held hostage in
#Iran
for 4 & 7yrs respectively.
Congratulations to Kamran & Massud.
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Iran badly needs coronavirus help. Releasing all hostages could be the key. “Letting people go would be a good way for Iran to save face,” Nizar Zakka, a U.S. resident who spent nearly four years as a hostage of the Iranian ...
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Such a courage and persistence, after being left alone so many times. Change, Openness and Freedom.
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BREAKING: American hostage in Iran Siamak Namazi launches seven day hunger strike to mark seven years since he was left behind by the US in Iran:
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Nowruz Mubarak to my friends in Tehran. I hope the coming year brings you happiness, peace and freedom, you deserve it.
@HostageAid
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نزار زکا به صدای آمریکا: افراد بیشتری به جریان «اعتصاب غذا» می‌پیوندند
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‘You Left Us Behind,’ Freed Hostage Calls Out Biden For Forgetting Them in Iran Nuclear Deal
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Being silent = being ignored = forgotten = left behind = one less issue to work on …
This is the ugly truth.
We lived it and know it.
@XiyueWang9
@JakeSullivan46
@DeputySecState
@WhiteHouse
@mariam_claren
@FreeMassud
@FaribaRoland
@BlandineBriere
@FreeTheNamazis
@NedaSharghi
For yrs, Shahab's US family didnt speak publicly abt his case for fear of jeopardizing his release.
@StateDept
@USEnvoyIran
were aware of his situation; BUT if ur SILENT = ur ignored = one less to worry abt. Be his voice:
@XiyueWang9
@JasonMBrodsky
@KMooreGilbert
@NazaninBoniadi
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Mark on his way home
Mark Frerichs,who was kidnapped in Kabul in January 2020 has been freed, his family said.
Charlene Cakora, Mark Frerichs’s sister:“I am so happy to hear that my brother is safe and on his way home to us.”
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Lawmakers form bipartisan task force to aid Americans detained abroad, their families
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Iranian TV hacked and showing Iranian women protesting and removing the headscarf.
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According to reliable sources - the severity of Khamenei's health status is exaggerated as he is expected to make a live speech for
#Arbaeen
which is tomorrow Saturday morning.
(Let's wait and see.)
@UANI
@HostageAid
@NUFDIran
@ICHRI
@IranIntl_En
@XiyueWang9
@VOAfarsi
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Vienna Hunger Strike Gets Support From Evin Prison In Iran
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The SWAP.
Drug kingpin Haji Bashir Noorzai welcomed by the Taliban after being released by the US in a prisoner swap after the Taliban released American national Mark Frerichs.
It's a brave new world.
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Sources: US - Iran hostage deal. It includes the release of 4 US hostages in Iran, and 4 Iranian prisoners in US for sanction violation, and 7 B$ . The Biden administration is under pressure to show results.
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گفت‌وگوی ایران اینترنشنال با نزار زکا، زندانی سیاسی سابق در ایران و از اعتصاب کنندگان در مقابل هتل محل مذاکرات
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Iran must free hostages before negotiations begin | Opinion
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Today on BBC Farsi
@HostageAid
#FreeTheHostages
تلاش برای آزادی زندان‌های ایرانی-آمریکایی همزمان با مذاکرات احیای برجام
معامله یا باج‌دهی؟
گفتگو با نزار زکا، کارشناس فناوری ارتباطات که ۱۳۶۲ روز در ایران زندانی بود
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1/2 An article worth tracking as it includes too much details for an Iranian semi official news agency. Nour News announced today the start of the execution of a full hostage swap between U.S & Iran, facilitated by a Gulf state. The simultaneous swap includes: ….
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Sources say: the IAEA report was significantly watered down to reflect the EU & US intentions to please
#Iran
and to smooth the path for the expected covert meetings with Iran team in NY
#JCPOA
@XiyueWang9
@HostageAid
@NUFDIran
@UANI
@ICHRI
@AmnestyIran
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1/3 Breaking news: Families of Hostages in
#iran
&
@HostageAid
are following & monitoring closely the visit of the Qatar foreign minister
@MofaQatar_EN
to Tehran. A new 2016 hostage deal on the close horizon. Releasing funds from
#Iraq
,
#SouthKorea
and
#japan
for the hostages.
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ان الخاسر الاكبر في هذه الانتخابات هي الاحزاب والشخصيات المقربۃ من سوريا. هل لهذه النتاٸج ابعاد علی التقارب السوري السعودي المرتقب تجاه لبنان؟ وهل لايران اي دور في ذلك؟
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1/2 Again, the Namazis change of status has nothing to do with any swap between the US and Iran . The mix-up happened due to several events occurring within the same time period: Baquer’s release, Siamak’s furlough, the hostage swap in Venezuela, and the IRNA statement…
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@JasonMBrodsky
@VOAfarsi
@HostageAid
It is freedom , release . Yet still few unknown , regarding passport, a clearer pic on Monday about returning home to France
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Thank you
@Sara2532
@RFI
.
@HostageAid
#FreeTheHostages
.
Nizar Zakka, ancien détenu en Iran: «Personne ne doit vivre ce que j'ai vécu» via
@RFI
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HAW - Hostage Aid Worldwide's Nizar Zakka on efforts to free Americans and other foreigners held hostage by Iran.
#IranProtests2022
#IranProtests
#iran
#MahsaAmini
#PressFreedom
#drones
#hostages
@HostageAid
On my
#FlashpointIran
podcast this week🎧:
@sigarchi
on religious+secular female students chanting 4 freedom;
@kirannazish
on👩journalists targeted 4 arrest;
@arik3000
on Israel's dilemma re:🇷🇺's alleged🇮🇷drones;
@FreeNizarZakka
on efforts 2 free🇺🇸hostages in🇮🇷
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@khamenei_ir
, 83, giving his public speech today, standing up… in response to news about his health status.
According to reliable sources - the severity of Khamenei's health status is exaggerated as he is expected to make a live speech for
#Arbaeen
which is tomorrow Saturday morning.
(Let's wait and see.)
@UANI
@HostageAid
@NUFDIran
@ICHRI
@IranIntl_En
@XiyueWang9
@VOAfarsi
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In support of my kind friend Anoosheh Ashoori and my brave and knowledgeable friend Nizar Zaka, I will go on a 24-hour hunger and medicine strike from today
@FreeNizarZakka
@FreeTheNamazis
@FreekamranG
@brosen1501
@FreeAnoosheh
#freeAnoosheh
#HungerStrike4Life
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Here we go
The 2 FORMER hostages , Nazanin and Anoosheh in the air on their way home.
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Here we go with … : 165 days, 4 rounds: The Iran nuclear draft agreement
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This
@STLebanon
confirmed that the Lebanese officer Wissam Eid is a super
#hero
, his story and achievements should be taught in our schools and engraved in the national history of
#Lebanese
.
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Congratulation: Maritime boarder agreement confirmed between Israel and Lebanon
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You could hear a pin drop. Very emotional moment, with former hostages at the 300th Anniversary of the 1723 Constitutions of the
#FreeMasons
.
@brosen1500
@rezaian
@yeganehrezaian
@xiyuewang9
were honored. Acknowledgement to mother of
@FreeAustinTice
On the 300th Anniversary of the 1723 Constitutions of the Free-Masons, under the theme of Freedom & in memory of former Congressman John Lewis, Hostage Aid was recognised, & its founding members
@ZakkaNA
@brosen1501
& former hostages
@jrezaian
@YeganehSalehi
@XiyueWang9
were
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The main losers in this
#LebanonElection
are all the Pro-Syrian parties in Lebanon. Is it a set back for the KSA - Syrian rapprochement toward
#Lebanon
?
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نزار زكا، السجين السابق في #إيران، والذي دخل في إضراب عن الطعام تضامنا مع السجناء مزدوجي الجنسية والأجانب في إيران، قال لـ"إيران إنترناشيونال" إن "أي اتفاق في فيينا يجب أن يتضمن الإفراج عن هؤلاء الرهائن، وإذا بقيت رهينة لا تزال محتجزة بعد الاتفاق، فيجب وقفه".
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Après la libération de l’allemand Lange l'an dernier avec l'aide des services de renseignement marocains et aujourd'hui d'olivier dubois et de Jeff Woodky grâce à la DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DE LA SÉCURITÉ EXTÉRIEURE, continuons à travailler ensemble pour
@FreeCecile_
,
@BlandineBriere
.
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I hope good news will continue until this circle of unbelievable violence comes to a complete end.. Never to be repeated for humanity's sake.
@JasonMBrodsky
@HostageAid
@amnesty
@Norman_Roule
@StateSPEHA
BREAKING: The Israeli Supreme Court rejected the appeals against the hostage deal, paving the way for its implementation
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SpaceX now
Time for SpaceX .. according to the planned deployment of the program, it is not till Jan 2023 that it will cover Iran.
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#Hariri
@STLebanon
Everything based on the findings by the officer called Wissam Eid. RIP . Recognizing the work of this
#Lebanese
#hero
is the best thing to do. He was assisnated because he discovered the communication rings between the
#Hezbollah
#Terrorist
members.
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نظر #نزار_زاکا درباره دیدار تیم‌های ملی آمریکا و جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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A review by the Lithuanian media.
#LOGIN2015
#InternetFreedom
#Haqouna
, on another glad toanouce that the Arab...
http://t.co/Ml9EMVPDZi
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‘You Left Us Behind,’ Freed Hostage Calls Out Biden For Forgetting Them in Iran Nuclear Deal
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