The end of the video showed a photograph of Representative Ed Royce, the California Republican who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Royce was quoted as saying that Iran’s arrest of Mr. Namazi showed its “contempt for America.”Mr. Royce’s representatives in Washington said he had no comment on the video. An international relations expert and business consultant with dual citizenship of the United States and Iran, Mr. Namazi is well connected in both countries and is an outspoken proponent of improving relations. The deal restricted Iran’s nuclear work in exchange for relaxed economic sanctions on the country. In Iran, hard-line opponents of improving relations with the United States have focused on Iranian-Americans as a particular source of suspicion.

Source: International New York Times October 17, 2016 20:48 UTC