OAN Staff&nbsp;<a href="https://www.oann.com/tag/alicia-summers"></a><a href="https://www.oann.com/tag/stella-escobedo">Stella Escobedo</a> 2:54 PM – Thursday, June 19, 2025 As tensions continue to grow in the Middle East, Gazelle Sharmahd, a freedom advocate and daughter of American hostage Jimmy Sharmahd is speaking out. Her father was kidnapped in 2020 by the Islamic Republic of Iran during a layover in Dubai, taken to Iran, tortured for 4 years then killed last October. One America’s Stella Escobedo spoke with her. <figure class="wp-block-video"><video autoplay="" controls="" muted="" poster="https://www.oann.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/vid-poster-image.jpg" src="https://d1cc0p6j4uj4n9.cloudfront.net/47d768c5-acbd-4f06-824b-050e71b058ca/mp4/b5f5991a-3c53-4043-803e-c546146e6275_Mp4_Avc_Aac_16x9_1280x720p_30Hz_3.5Mbps_qvbr.mp4" width="100%" height="auto"></video></figure>

As tensions continue to grow in the Middle East, Gazelle Sharmahd, a freedom advocate and daughter of American hostage Jimmy Sharmahd is speaking out.{ai:summary}Gazelle Sharmahd, daughter of American hostage Jimmy Sharmahd, emphasizes that the Iranian regime, not the country itself, is the true enemy. Her father was kidnapped in 2020, tortured for four years, and killed in October 2024. She advocates for freedom and justice. #foreignaffairs

Daughter of assassinated hostage "Iran is not the enemy - The Regime is"

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