![]() NPR Artist Isaac Campbell made this mural in Washington, D.C. This has become a sacred alley, I think, for our campaign and for our families. Those who have come home have come back to this mural to see what was done for them when they were not here. We have had families come here when they have heard of their loved ones being poorly treated or going through hunger strikes. When we unveiled this, my father was here for the press conference, standing under my brother's image, and he fainted. And I think that call that he placed was just to say, this may be the last time I speak to you. ![]() I came to find out quickly thereafter that there were riots where he was, as well as a fire, and that he was very nearly killed. I got a phone call, where he was quite panicked. In October, we were actually here at this very mural for an event. Wasn't there a fire in the prison at one point? The State Department has designated him wrongfully detained, which means that they have determined that his wrongful detention was due to nothing but his American citizenship. Neda Sharghi: He was traveling with his wife in Iran when he was detained by the authorities for no reason, in April 2018. Who is your brother, Emad Shargi, and what's happening to him? The following is an edited exchange with Emad's sister, Neda Sharghi. We have followed Emad Shargi's story over time as he's been released but not allowed to leave Iran, then detained again, tried in court and sentenced to prison. Stickers on the wall serve as updates.īut for Sharghi's brother and others-such as Siamak Namazi, also imprisoned in Iran for years-there is only the decay of the image. Some whose faces went up last year have been released-such as basketball player Brittney Griner, freed from Russia. It's a reflection of the effect time is having on our lives and on their lives." "You can see the effect of time on their faces. "It shows the passage of time," Sharghi says. The artist, Isaac Campbell, deliberately chose materials that would decay. His face and others have been peeling off the bricks. It shows faces of Americans detained overseas, including her brother Emad, held in Iran since 2018. We inspected a mural that's now one year old. Neda Sharghi met us in an alley, on a summer morning, when the bricks were in shadow.
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