Norton Celebrates Safe Return of D.C. Resident Emad Shargi, Detained in Iran Since 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated the safe return home of D.C. resident Emad Shargi, who had been detained in Iran since 2018. Norton wrote Secretary of State Blinken twice on Shargi's behalf, received a State Department briefing on his case in July 2022, and published a Congressional Record statement to coincide with Shargi's birthday in September 2022.

“Thank you, President Biden and Secretary Blinken, for prioritizing the safe return home of D.C. resident Emad Shargi after he was unjustly and inhumanely imprisoned in Iran in 2018,” Norton said. “I’m thrilled that our advocacy efforts, and those of his family, were fruitful in bringing Mr. Shargi home. Mr. Shargi’s family and I appreciate the State Department’s dedicated work to secure his release and for keeping my office updated during the ordeal. I am delighted to say at long last, ‘Mr. Shargi, welcome home.’”

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