Gen Next Member Pierre Prosper Negotiates and Wins Release of Fellow Member's Father Who was Unfairly Imprisoned in Iran
November 1st, 2010 - 10:17am
Filed under International Security
GN Member Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper negotiated the release of Reza Tagahvi--father of a Gen Next Member--from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran after being held for two years. Mr. Tagahvi was not officially charged with a crime during his captivity. Negotiations transpired over 14 months across several different countries.
Prosper and Taghavi were connected through Gen Next.
"We could not be prouder of Pierre for re-uniting the family. Our hearts go out to the Tagahvi family as they reunite after such a challenging experience," said Paul Makarechian, Chairman of Gen Next.
Prosper spoke with GN Members in Seattle on Oct 26, marking the first public remarks on the negotiations and release. Prosper served as a war crimes prosecutor for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, and he is responsible for setting the precedent that rape committed in time of conflict is now considered a form of genocide in international law. Pierre prosecuted the first ever case of genocide in the history of the world and went on to become the United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes and Genocide.
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