A Long Island jeweler held in captivity for over a year has been freed from a notorious Iranian prison known for torturing inmates, the US State Department announced Tuesday.

Kamran Hekmati, of Great Neck Estates, was detained by Iranian authorities in May 2025 while visiting family in Iran — and was accused of illegally traveling to Israel for his son’s bar mitzvah in 2012.

“We welcome Mr. Hekmati’s release from detention and continue to call on the Iranian regime to lift the exit ban so that he may return home,” the State Department told Radio Farda, Radio Free Europe’s Persian-language outlet.

US Rep. Tom Suozzi, whose district includes…

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