HRANA – The attorney for Dena Karari, a dual Iranian-American citizen, announced that his client has left Iran and is en route to the United States. Ms. Karari, who traveled to Iran in December 2024 to visit her family, was detained for a period and later released on bail. However, she had been barred from leaving the country until today.

According to HRANA, on Thursday, July 16, 2026, Dena Karari departed Iran.

Jared Genser, Ms. Karari’s attorney, stated in a post, that his client is now safe and on her way back to the United States.

Genser also said in an interview that “53-year-old Karari had suffered a massive heart attack last week, and there were significant concerns about her condition moving forward.”

According to Genser, Iranian authorities had pursued charges against Ms. Karari on allegations of “cooperation with a hostile government” and “espionage.” He described the accusations as baseless and said that although she had been accused, she was never formally charged.

Dena Karari, a dual citizen of the United States and Iran, traveled to Iran in December 2024 to visit her family. As she was preparing to leave the country, security agents confiscated her passports. She was detained for a period and later released on bail; however, she was not permitted to leave Iran.

Karari is an employee of a U.S. technology company and the founder of a charitable organization supporting underprivileged children in Iran.