Iran Sentences 70-Year-Old American Jew to Prison for Attending His Son’s Bar Mitzvah in Israel 13 Years Ago

Nov 7, 2025 | Yeshiva World

Iran has sentenced a 70-year-old Iranian American Jewish man from New York to prison — for visiting Israel more than a decade ago to celebrate his son’s bar mitzvah. Kamran Hekmati, a jeweler and longtime resident of Great Neck, Long Island, was detained in May during what was meant to be a brief family visit […]  | Read More The Yeshiva World 

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