In a bizarre twist of fate, Michael White, the US Navy veteran released from Iranian custody this week, may owe his freedom to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. release.
White, 48, traveled to Iran in July 2018 to visit a woman he said was his girlfriend. In January 2019, the Iranian government confirmed that White had been arrested in the city of Mashhad"a while ago." The State Department said he had been detained since 2018 and was serving a 13-year sentence. He had been charged with insulting Iran's Supreme Leader and posting private information online.
" Virus outbreak created an opportunityThe plot thickened in March. White began to exhibit Covid-19 symptoms. Iran, already inundated by the virus, agreed to release him on medical furlough.Then in April, Asgari -- who by then had been placed in an isolation cell inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement jail cell in Louisiana -- also tested positive for the virus.Amid the tragedy, an opportunity presented itself.
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