Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for humanitarian release of detained Americans in Iran amid coronavirus outbreak
"Our response will be decisive," Pompeo warned in a statement. "Reports that COVID-19 has spread to Iranian prisons are deeply troubling and demand nothing less than the full and immediate release of all American citizens," Pompeo said."Their detention amid increasingly deteriorating conditions defies basic human decency."At least four Americans are imprisoned in Iran, which has had more than 8,000 coronavirus cases and nearly 300 deaths.
""Any nation considering whether to provide Iran with humanitarian assistance because of COVID-19 should seek a reciprocal humanitarian gesture by the regime: release all wrongly detained dual and foreign national citizens. This request is well within the regime's power to grant," he added."The United States will not rest until all Americans wrongfully detained abroad are returned home."Pompeo met earlier Tuesday with American former prisoner Xiyue Wang.
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