Bring Kamran Home
Kamran Hekmati IS A JEWISH-AMERICAN FATHER AND ENTREPRENEUR WRONGFULLY DETAINED IN IRAN FACING CRITICAL HEALTH ISSUES.
the allegations against Kamran
are False.
Iranian Law forbids visiting Israel within the Last 10 years,
Kamran hasn’t Been in over 13 years.
But the Iranian courts refuse to follow Their own law.
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Who is Kamran?
Kamran Hekmati is a 61-year-old US citizen of the Jewish faith. He emigrated to the US after the 1979 political revolution to escape persecution.
Kamran runs his own jewelry business in New York City and is a long-term resident of Great Neck, Long Island, where he and his wife raised their children from birth.
Kamran with his mother
Kamran Has Been Held In IRan For:
Kamran has travelled to Iran multiple times in recent years to aid in an urgent family matter. It was a risk Kamran and his family didn’t take lightly, but Kamran wouldn’t accept politics or geography as an excuse not to help family.
Kamran had made the trip several times without incident and returned in May of 2025. Upon attempting to depart via Tehran’s airport on May 17, 2025, Iranian authorities questioned him and saw his American passport. They demanded Kamran surrender his phone and other devices for investigation. The Iranian authorities retained his passport. They informed him that he was not permitted to depart Iran, but that his passport would be returned at an unspecified later date. For over two months, he repeatedly went to the Iranian authorities to request his passport. They never would give it to him.
What Happened?
Iranian authorities arrested Kamran on July 28, 2025, after the 12-day war between Iran and Israel and the US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities.
They charged him under an Iranian law that criminalizes Iranian citizens for visiting Israel within the last ten years. Authorities had seen date-stamped photos on Kamran’s phone from a trip he took to Israel 13 years prior for his son’s bar mitzvah. Despite conclusive evidence, the court refused to acknowledge that the trip occurred outside the ten-year window. In a ten-minute trial, without any witnesses or a lawyer allowed, the court sentenced Kamran to two years in prison. By Iran’s own laws, Kamran is innocent of the crime for which he has been summarily convicted.
On December 22, 2025 after tensions rose further between Iran and Israel, Kamran heard that he was sentenced with a second charge of meeting with Mossad agents in other countries. Kamran has never met with the Mossad.
WHAT Life is Like For Kamran
Kamran is serving his sentence in Iran’s Evin Prison – a notorious facility known for holding political prisoners with claims of not only abuse but torture. Kamran recently overcame bladder cancer, which has a very high recurrence rate. Kamran is required to have regular medical testing and preventive medical procedures to ensure he doesn’t relapse. The Iranian regime couldn’t care less, and his family is desperately afraid for his health and well-being.
Much like other wrongful detention cases in Iran, Kamran appears to be caught up in Iran’s traditional approach of detaining Americans to obtain political concessions from the US. His Jewish faith also makes him valuable in the current political context of Iran’s tensions with Israel and the US.