{"id":2758,"date":"2026-07-16T05:08:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2026-07-16T05:08:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T05:08:06","slug":"trump-announces-release-of-u-s-citizen-held-in-iran-since-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2758","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces release of U.S. citizen held in Iran since 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><p>A U.S. citizen who has been held in Iran since 2024 has been released, President Donald Trump and her lawyer separately announced Wednesday evening.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2754\">Epstein was a \u2018masterful liar,\u2019 former Obama counsel said during House Oversight Committee questioning<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cIran has allowed an American Citizen, who was wrongfully detained in December of 2024 under the \u2018presidency\u2019 of Sleepy Joe Biden, to leave the Country. She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition. The United States of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social, without naming the person.<\/p><div><\/div><p>Trump, who described the release as a \u201cgesture of Goodwill by Iran!\u201d has ramped up pressure on Iran in recent days and signed off on several new rounds of U.S. strikes.<\/p><section><div><div><div><div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2757\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e2a4285746c4ea620182cd21d11bfd34.webp\" width=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e2a4285746c4ea620182cd21d11bfd34.webp 760w, https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e2a4285746c4ea620182cd21d11bfd34-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><div><ul><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><\/li><li><button><\/button><div><\/div><\/li><li><\/li><li><span>Add NBC News to Google<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div><div>U.S. military releases video of latest strikes on Iran<\/div><div><span>00:42<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p>Jared Genser, a human rights lawyer who has been involved with other high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as Dena Karari, one of his clients.<\/p><p>\u201cI am delighted and excited to report that my client U.S. citizen #DenaKarari, who had been trapped in #Iran since December 2024 on bogus charges is now free,\u201d Genser said on X. \u201cThis would not have happened but for the extraordinary and relentless efforts of President @realDonaldTrump. Dena is now safe and traveling back to the United States.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2752\">Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle<\/a><\/p><p>Genser said in a news release providing additional details that Karari had been \u201csubject to a coercive exit ban\u201d but \u201cnever physically detained.\u201d She was \u201cinterrogated dozens of times\u201d by Iran\u2019s Intelligence Ministry because of her work with a nonprofit organization called the Children of Mehr Foundation, Genser said.<\/p><div><\/div><p>The foundation \u201chelped impoverished children in Iran with private donor support and authorization of an OFAC license,\u201d Genser said in the release, referring to the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control.<\/p><p>He also urged Iran to drop charges against Iranians who worked locally for the foundation.<\/p><p>As many as five other Americans are currently being held in Iran, including Reza Valizadeh and Kamran Hekmati who have both been publicly designated as wrongfully detained by the State Department.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2750\">Nominee to lead CDC dodges senators\u2019 questions about vaccines and Kennedy<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jared Genser, a lawyer who has been involved with high-profile cases of U.S. citizens detained in Iran, named the released citizen as his client, Dena Karari.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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