President Trump says Iran releases American citizen identified as Dena Karari

Key Points:

• Iranian American citizen Dena Karari, who was wrongfully detained in Iran since December 2024 on espionage charges related to her work with a U.S. nonprofit, has been released and safely left the country, according to President Donald Trump and her attorney Jared Genser.
• Karari was subjected to a coercive exit ban, interrogated multiple times by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and endured significant physical and psychological hardship during her detention.
• Her release is the first American freed from Iranian custody since 2023 and comes amid heightened military tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Trump thanking Iran for this "gesture of goodwill."
• Genser called on Iran to drop charges against others associated with the Children of Mehr Foundation and to release all wrongly imprisoned Americans and Iranian political prisoners.
• Iran is believed to be holding more than eight American citizens and residents, often detaining dual nationals on vague charges and using them as political leverage to gain concessions such as the release of frozen financial assets.