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Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen and permanent U.S. resident who was released in Tehran after nearly four years in jail on charges of spying, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Dbayeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Zakka, an information technology expert, who was detained in Iran in September 2015 while trying to fly out of Tehran called on President Donald Trump to &quot;get back your hostages&quot; from Iran. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison after authorities accused him of being an American spy - allegations vigorously rejected by Zakka, his family and associates. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese US resident, freed by Iran, leaves for America

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Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen and U.S. permanent resident, who was released in Tehran after nearly four years in jail on charges of spying, flashes victory signs upon his arrival at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Zakka a Lebanese businessman was allowed to fly to Lebanon, a development that comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. after President Donald Trump withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US resident freed by Iran to Trump: ‘Get back your hostages’

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Ziad Zakka, brother of Nizar Zakka who is imprisoned in Iran, shows a photo of his brother on his cellular telephone in Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian state television reported Monday, June 10, 2019, that Zakka, a Lebanese national and a U.S. permanent resident held for years in Tehran, &quot;will be released in the coming hours.&quot; (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Iran says Nizar Zakka, detained U.S. resident, to be released to Lebanon

By Amir Vahdat - Associated Press

In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Ziad Zakka, brother of Nizar Zakka who is imprisoned in Iran, shows a photo of his brother on his cellular telephone in Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian state television reported Monday, June 10, 2019, that Zakka, a Lebanese national and a U.S. permanent resident held for years in Tehran, &quot;will be released in the coming hours.&quot; (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

The Latest: Freed US resident blasts Iran over detention

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In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Ziad Zakka, brother of Nizar Zakka who is imprisoned in Iran, shows a photo of his brother on his cellular telephone in Beirut, Lebanon. Iranian state television reported Monday, June 10, 2019, that Zakka, a Lebanese national and a U.S. permanent resident held for years in Tehran, &quot;will be released in the coming hours.&quot; (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

Iran state TV: US resident held as spy to be released

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

Iran considers releasing Lebanese detainee

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Lawyer for Lebanese man held in Iran says he will be freed

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FILE - This March 6, 2013, file image provided by the Friends of Nizar Zakka, shows Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese technology expert and advocate for Internet freedom, delivering a speech during the MENA ICT Forum conference in Jordan. Lebanon is calling on Iran to use the upcoming holy month of Ramadan to grant an amnesty to the Lebanese citizen who also has U.S. residency imprisoned there for more than three years. (Courtesy of Friends of Nizar Zakka group via AP, File)

Lebanon calls on Iran to release citizen who is US resident

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In this Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018 photo, Shahindokht Molaverdi, a top adviser to Iran’s president on human rights, gives an interview to The Associated Press at her office in Tehran, Iran. Molaverdi said that the government “failed” to help a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned over spying allegations that she invited to the country for a summit. She cited the case of Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese-born internet freedom advocate who had been living in the U.S. and is now serving 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AP Interview: Adviser says Iran failed detained US resident

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Lawyer for US resident held in Iran calls him a ‘hostage’

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