NYT:

Mr. Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, argues that Europe should work with Iran, which he presents as a reasonable and peaceful state. I want very much to believe him, but actions speak louder than words.

My husband, Xiyue Wang, an American citizen, has been held for a year and a half in the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran. Without a shred of evidence, he has been convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. What was his alleged crime? Researching his dissertation.

It is astounding that a country that doesn’t even have the simple human decency to show mercy in resolving the case of my father, Bob Levinson, can wax poetic on peace and tangible action.

Iran has not shown tangible action on his case for more than 10 years, and my father and my family continue to suffer every single day because of it.

No country should even consider cooperating with Iran until it honors its own promise to cooperate with the United States on Bob Levinson. Talk is cheap. It is time that Iran take its own meaningful first step to peace by finally sending our beloved father home to us.

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