Shahab Dalili

Shahab Dalili is a retired captain of the Shipping Line Group. In 2016 he returned to Iran to attend his father's funeral and was arrested by the Intelligence Ministry agents on his way back to the US. He was later sentenced to 10 years in prison for disrupting national security through collusion with enemy states.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='39080'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1511551056987185156?s=20&t=Q_06xcNEe-eAB0cOvlrkkg'> Shahab Dalili had returned to Iran to attend his father's funeral. He was arrested while trying to go back to the US. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47758'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/us-shahab-dalili-wife-plea-iran-hostage-release-jail-jcpoa/6497760.html'> His wife Nahid Dalili told VOA that for two years his court situation and the ruling were unclear. People claiming to be from Intelligence Ministry would call me and tell me to be quiet and not publicize anything. According to Ms. Dalili, before the sentencing, agents had asked them for money in return for helping them with the case. Shahab Dalili's family kept silent after threats and promises by the security authorities and hoped that their cooperation would lead to his release. Ms. Dalili told VOA that while Shahb was in prison his mother passed away and although he was in Iran and prison, they didn't allow him to go to the funeral. Mr. Shahabi has told them in his phone calls about the bad condition of the prison including the sewer and roaches and says prisoners have to disinfect wherever they want to sleep. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='39081'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3MEr6IG'> His wife told IranWire that Shahab Dalili was arrested by Intelligence Ministry agents on the way to Imam Airport on the night of March 20, 2016. He spent about a month in solitary under interrogation and had no contact with his family. He was eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison on the charge of collusion with enemy states. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='40900'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/us-voa-emad-sharqi-wife-bahareh-release-hostage-mural/6667019.html'> A mural was revealed in Washington DC of 18 American prisoners abroad. Morad Tahbaz, Emad Sharghi. Siamak and Bagher Namazi, Emad Sharghi, and Shahab Dalili are included in the mural. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44287'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/StateDeptSpox/status/1581411328610439168?s=20&t=ZwXCtE4mhRrySJwUBuxUdg'> After the Fire at Evin Prison, the spokesperson for the US State Department Ned Price announced on Twitter that they are following reports from Evin Prison and said Irab is fully responsible for the safety of US citizens who were "unjustly" arrested and they must be released immediately. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44286'> <reference source='https://ir.voanews.com/a/dual-citizens-situation-in-evin-prison/6791991.html'> After the fire in Evin Prison, Shahab Dalili's wife told VOA that she has talked with his husband and he is safe. She also asked the US State Department to try to return their loved ones instead of just reporting on them. During the countrywide protests in Iran in reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini, parts of Evin Prison were set on fire on October 15th, 2022. A number of prisoners lost their lives, and some were wounded by the bullets shot by the prison guards. A number of prisoners suffered poisoning from breathing in the smoke and tear gas. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53694'> <reference source='https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/politics/iran-us-prisoner-swap.html'> The New York Times quoted American sources and wrote that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has transferred five Iranian Americans from prison to house arrest after two years of negotiations. Shargh newspaper previously introduced one of these people as Shahab Delili, but nevertheless, Nahid Dalili, Shahab Dalili's wife, told Iranwire that her husband was not taken to the hotel with the other prisoners, and he called his family from the prison today. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53905'> <reference source='http://tinyurl.com/yrztx2st'> Nahid Dalili told IranWire that her husband, Shahab Dalili, is not among the Iranian-American dual-citizenship prisoners who were transferred from prison to the hotel for exchange. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53906'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42903/'> An informed source told HRANA that Shahab Dalili has been on a hunger strike since Saturday night, August 12, 2023, because he was not included in the agreement between Iran and the United States for the exchange of prisoners. According to HRANA's report, on the fourth day of the hunger strike, Mr. Dalili experienced a drop in blood pressure and other complications such as dizziness and headache. According to the report of Radio Farda, at the same time Darren Dalili, the son of Shahab Dalili, is on a hunger strike by sitting next to the White House in Washington to protest against the non-recognition of his father as an American prisoner in Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53908'> <reference source='https://x.com/FreeNizarZakka/status/1691199361416364033?s=20'> Vedant Patel, the deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State, said in a press conference that the US cannot yet place Shahab Dalili's case under the "unjustified detentions" category. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='53907'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-42969/'> He ended his hunger strike after four days. While announcing this news, HRANA wrote that since Shahab Dalili had previously said that as long as his son continues his hunger strike in America, he will also strike in Evin prison along with his son, and there was fear that his physical condition might worsen, as his son announced that he would end his hunger strike, he also ended his hunger strike. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>