Xiyue Wang

A man holds two fingers up on each hand as he exits an airplane. On the left is Donald Trump. Melania Trump is on the right.

End of Iran nuclear deal cuts major diplomatic channel for Americans imprisoned in Iran

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When Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement, it cut a major diplomatic channel to Iran: Diplomats from Europe, China, Russia, the US and Iran would meet every three months. Family members of American citizens imprisoned in Iran viewed these quarterly meetings as a chance for their loved ones to be discussed and possibly freed.

Xiyue Wang and Hua Qu with their son. Wang has been in prison in Iran for more than a year.

The wife of a Princeton scholar imprisoned in Iran worries about the fate of the Iran nuclear deal

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