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'You left us behind': U.S. resident once held prisoner in Iran blasts Joe Biden

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&nbsp;Joe Biden campaigning for president May 19, 2019 (Video screenshot)A U.S. permanent resident who was tortured while imprisoned in Iran for five years for allegedly spying for the United States slammed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for abandoning him and others while the Obama administration pursued the nuclear deal with Tehran.Advertisement - story continues below"You left us behind in Iran," Nizar Zakka wrote on Twitter.With all due respect Mr Biden, I don’t think you are well positioned to comment on this subject. I never comment on politics but this one was too much. You left us behind in Iran. Remember? Tehran?— Nizar Zakka - نزار زكا (@FreeNizarZakka)TRENDING:Zakka's comment came after Biden accused President Trump of treating Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi as his "favorite dictator."Advertisement - story continues belowBut Zakka said Biden is not "well positioned to comment on the subject.""I never comment on politics but this one was too much. You left us behind in Iran. Remember? Tehran?"Biden was commenting on Egypt's release of Mohamed Amashah, a medical student who had been detained for more than a year."Mohamed Amashah is finally home after 486 days in Egyptian prison for holding a protest sign," Biden tweeted July 12. "Arresting, torturing, and exiling activists like Sarah Hegazy and Mohamed Soltan or threatening their families is unacceptable. No more blank checks for Trump's ‘favorite dictator.'"Zakka, a Lebanon national, was released last year, arriving in Beirut on a plane with the general director of Lebanon's General Security directorate, Abbas Ibrahim.Advertisement - story continues belowHe was released following a request from Lebanon President Michel Aoun.Zakka had been arrested while visiting Tehran in 2015 and was sentenced to 10 years for "anti-state" activity.He served as secretary-general of the Beirut-based Arab ICT Organisation, a group of information communications technology associations from 13 countries across the Arab world that has worked for the U.S. government.He was in Tehran for the 2015 International Conference and Exhibition on Women in Sustainable Development when he was taken into custody.Advertisement - story continues belowHe was at the conference at the invitation of Shahindokht Molaverdi, who at the time was Iran's vice-president on women and family affairs.Men believed to be linked to the Revolutionary Guards took him into custody while he was en route to the airport to leave and put him in the notorious Evin prison.Please enable JavaScript to view theAdvertisementAdvertisementGet blockbuster book so politically incorrect, original publisher pulled it from shelves!AdvertisementTap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen.×

&nbsp;Joe Biden campaigning for president May 19, 2019 (Video screenshot)A U.S. permanent resident who was tortured while imprisoned in Iran for five years for allegedly spying for the United States slammed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for abandoning him and others while the Obama administration pursued the nuclear deal with Tehran.Advertisement - story continues below"You left us behind in Iran," Nizar Zakka wrote on Twitter.With all due respect Mr Biden, I don’t think you are well positioned to comment on this subject. I never comment on politics but this one was...

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