Most of the 13 Iranian Jews arrested earlier this year on charges of spying for Israel have received visits from their relatives, according to the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. The first visit involved a mother and her 16-year-old son, Malcolm Hoenlein added. The mother of Navid Bala Zadeh, Zoleikha Behrokhinezhad, was quoted by an Iranian newspaper Wednesday as saying the authorities were treating her son well and providing him with kosher food.
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