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A New York jeweler has been released from prison in Iran but is banned from leaving war-torn country

This undated photo provided by the Hekmati family on March 5, 2026, shows Kamran Hekmati. Credit: AP/Uncredited NEW YORK — An Iranian American jeweler from New York has been released from prison in Iran, but he is prohibited from leaving the country, according to his family and federal officials. Kamran Hekmati was let out of Tehran’s notorious Evin prison on Sept. 5 after completing about half of a two-year sentence, his family recently wrote on a website advocating for his release. Get the latest breaking news as it happens.

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Scoop News DeskSpecific city/county not stated, New York · Published Friday, September 11, 2026 at 7:17 PM UTCUpdated Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM UTC

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Hekmati’s family says he was charged under an Iranian law that bans Iranian citizens from visiting Israel within the last 10 years. He was arrested by Iranian authorities last July after having his passport seized while trying to fly out of the airport in Tehran that May.

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