A Lebanese man and permanent US resident released by Tehran after years in an Iranian prison has left Lebanon for the United States, where his three sons reside.
Nizar Zakka’s office says the 52-year old information technology expert is traveling to the US on Tuesday.
Zakka was released last week and flew to his native Lebanon after nearly four years in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison.
He said Monday after a meeting with Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil that he attributed his release “to the Lebanese state, which has proved to be a really strong one that preserves the rights of every Lebanese person.”
Zakka was detained in Iran in September 2015 while trying to fly out of the country and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison on accusation of spying for the US. He vigorously rejected the charges.
