Siamak

Among those the U.S. seeks to see released: Xiyue Wang, Robert Levinson, Siamak Namazi and Nizar Zakka.

Designed by Toronto architect Siamak Hariri of Hariri Pontarini Architects, the Bloor Street exterior has been reimagined and transformed into 13,595 square feet of outdoor public space, anchored by landscaping and architectural design.

Los Angeles resident Siamak Kordestani says he and others ducked into a store after three shots rang out.

Within weeks of the January swap, Siamak’s elderly father, Baquer, also an Iranian American dual national, was arrested.

In October 2016, both Baquer and Siamak Namazi were sentenced to 10 years in prison for “collaborating with a hostile state” after a secretive trial that a U.N. panel and rights groups condemned as arbitrary and a violation of international law.

Iranian businessman Siamak Namazi and his 81-year-old father Baquer, a former UNICEF representative who served as governor of Iran’s oil-rich Khuzestan province under the U.S.-backed shah, are both serving 10-year sentences on espionage charges.