A U.S.-Iran dual citizen who was trapped in Iran on allegations of espionage and collaborating with a hostile state has departed the country, CBS News learned Wednesday.
The woman, Dena Karari, had been unable to leave Iran since December 2024 due to “bogus charges,” her attorney, Jared Genser, wrote on social media. Genser announced late Wednesday that Karari is now free, writing that she is “safe and traveling back to the United States.”
Karari was under an exit ban, which means that Iranian authorities refused to let her leave, but did not have her imprisoned.
She was never formally charged by Iran.
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