Navy veteran freed from Iranian prison says he's sick, seeks transfer to U.S.

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A Navy veteran released from an Iranian prison last week on a medical furlough is sick with symptoms of the coronavirus and is requesting a humanitarian evacuation to the U.S. for medical treatment.

A Navy veteran released from an Iranian prison last week on a medical furlough says he is sick with symptoms of theMichael White was hospitalized Wednesday in a ward for coronavirus patients in Iran and has experienced fever, fatigue, a cough and shortness of breath since his furlough last week, according to a statement from Jon Franks, a family spokesman, to the Associated Press.

White, of Imperial Beach, Calif., “is an immunocompromised cancer patient and his situation is urgent,” Franks said. White has been tested for the coronavirus but the results have not come back.

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