Ned Price, the spokesperson of the US Department of State, said in a press conference on Thursday Esfand 18, referring to the 16th anniversary of the disappearance of "Bob Levinson" on Kish Island and also the continued detention of Siamak Namazi, Emad Sharqi and Murad Tahbaz, three American citizens in Iran. : "Iran continues to illegally arrest citizens of other countries to use as political leverage. "This practice is cruel and must end." In this news conference, Ned Price repeated the commitment of the Biden government to return these people home and expressed hope that the names of these prisoners will be added to the list of those who have been returned to America as soon as possible.