Siamak Namazi's uncle, Hushang Namazi, sums up the feeling as 'top of the world' following 'eight years of anguish.'
Marcus Solis spoke to the uncle of one of the American prisoners, Siamak Namazi, who was freed from Iran.Back on U.S. soil, five Americans held in Iran arrived early Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C. Among them was Siamak Namazi, who was the longest held of the American prisoners - nearly eight years to be exact.Watching it all from his home in Yonkers - Namazi's uncle, Hushang Namazi, sums up the feeling as "top of the world" following "eight years of anguish.
Incredibly his father was told he could visit his son, only to be jailed himself for two years - held in the same prison - though the two were never allowed contact with one another."He realized how much we were suffering on his behalf, and he tried to cheer us up," he shared.
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