Whereas the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has taken as hostages several United States citizens, including Siamak and Baquer Namazi, as well as United States legal permanent resident alien Nizar Zakka; Whereas Siamak Namazi was detained on October 15, 2015, falsely accused and convicted on October 18, 2016, for collaborating with a hostile government, and has been held for extended periods in solitary confinement and under constant interrogation; Whereas former United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) official Baquer Namazi, the 80-year old father of Siamak Namazi, was detained on February 22, 2016, falsely accused and convicted to 10 years in prison for the identical crime as his son; Whereas former Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon urged authorities in Iran to release Baquer Namazi, whose health status is deteriorating, to allow his family to care for him; Whereas the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has issued 4 public statements on Baquer Namazi’s behalf; Whereas Robert Levinson, a United States citizen and retired agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Kish Island, Iran, and disappeared on March 9, 2007; Whereas, according to White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, the United States Government had secured a commitment from the Iranians … to try and gather information about Mr. Levinson’s possible whereabouts but has not received any information thus far; Whereas Nizar Zakka, a United States legal permanent resident alien and Lebanese national, who is also in a weakened physical state, was unlawfully detained around September 18, 2015, after presenting at a conference in Iran at the invitation of Iran, and was later falsely charged with being a spy and sentenced to 10 years at the Evin prison in Iran