"to clear life-threatening blockages in his left internal carotid artery," his family said Monday. Baquer Namazi, 85, and his son, Siamak Namazi are both considered wrongfully detained by the US State Department, and the elder is in need of the surgery "within weeks," his family said. They are urging the Iranian government to release his Siamak on furlough to be with his father during and after the surgery. According to a statement from Perseus Strategies, which represents the family, he alre...