Listen to journalist Reza Valizadeh's voice memo from Iran's Evin Prison here

CBS News has obtained a dependable memo that was recorded by Iranian American writer Reza Valizadeh, who has been detained successful Evin Prison successful Tehran for implicit a year. "Face the Nation" moderator and CBS News main overseas affairs analogous Margaret Brennan's study connected Valizadeh's dependable memo is here. The afloat audio of the memo, conscionable nether 2 minutes long, is successful the subordinate above, and the transcript is below.

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I'm Reza Validzadeh, your colleague, who is sending you this connection from Evin Prison successful Tehran. The pursuing connection is my idiosyncratic sentiment connected the merchandise of 20 Iranian sailors by the United States connected May 21.  

3, 2, 1.

While 3 American citizens and I are imprisoned successful Iran, 20 Iranian sailors were released by the United States connected May 21 and returned to Iran. 

The U.S. authorities could person demanded our speech successful return. However, it did not happen.

While the 4 of america are suffering from assorted diseases and are deprived from existent aesculapian services, the U.S. authorities could person astatine slightest request existent aesculapian services for america successful speech for the merchandise of Iranian sailors. Even if treating our diseases is simply a large demand, it would person astatine least…

[interruption by pistillate automated voice] Even if treating our diseases is simply a large demand, it would person astatine slightest asked the Iranian authorities to trim not each the carnal unit and intelligence torture against america successful captivity, but astatine slightest immoderate of it.

I americium funny to cognize what concessions the U.S. authorities received successful speech for the merchandise of Iranian sailors if the U.S. authorities …in exchange…if the U.S. authorities successful exchanging concessions with Iran had different precedence than the merchandise of American hostages that would 'make America large again,' I afloat respect this decision.

Thank you precise much. Goodbye.

Note: Validzadeh cited an incidental connected May 21 involving 20 Iranian sailors, but helium whitethorn person been referring to the seizure connected May 4 of the centrifugal vas Touska. That day, a U.S. Central Command spokesperson told CBS News that 22 unit members were taken from the vessel, which had been seized for trying to tally done a U.S.-enforced blockade. 

Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.

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