Law Practice
Nov. 6, 2010
Lawyer's Talks With Iran Score Release
Former ambassador Pierre Prosper said low-key, patient negotiations helped him get an Iranian-American's release from his native country.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - After President Barack Obama publicly called on the Iranian government in July to release three American hitchhikers jailed on charges of espionage, Nima Taghavi could barely contain his anger.
A part of Taghavi, 40, wished the president was speaking out on behalf of his own father, Reza Taghavi, 71, an American citizen jailed in Iran since May 2008 and facing the death penalty. But th...
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