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Bahram Mechanic was running an electronics company in Tehran and Houston, Texas, when he was charged with violating trade sanctions in 2015. He has now been pardoned as part of a US-Iranian prisoner exchange. His lawyer, Joel Androphy, says his client was a victim of US-Iranian tensions. (Picture: Bahram Mechanic leaves a federal detention centre in Houston, Texas. Credit: Reuters/Daniel Kramer)