Washington D.C. – NY Post, June 10, 2026
The family of New Yorker Kamran Hekmati, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than a year, is pleading with President Trump to make his release a condition of any peace deal.
“Kamran is not only an American citizen; he is a devoted father, husband, brother, and cousin. Today, he is also a cancer patient. He is battling bladder cancer without access to the medical care he urgently needs. Every day matters,” cousin Shohreh Nowfar, who acts as spokesperson for the Hekmati family, wrote in a letter obtained by The Post.
“Mr. President, we know you have the ability to make this happen,” the letter continued. “Thank you for your leadership and your commitment to bringing Americans home.”
The letter was sent Tuesday night to President Trump, the State Department, the National Security Council and other senior government officials.
The Kekmati family’s plea comes after Trump vowed in an interview over the weekend to bring all US hostages home if he is able.
“We’ll talk about it and we’ll see. No one really has an accurate list of who they are,” Trump said on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” adding: “If you give me their names, I’ll do my best to get them home.”
