American hikers jailed in Iran 'set to be freed' after being sentenced to two years for spying


Hikers’ sentence in Iran is a miscarriage of justice The Washington Post

Protesting One Year of Detention for American Hikers Hundreds of people gathered last Saturday in several cities around the world to protest the year-long imprisonment of three young American hikers. The three individuals, who according to Iranian authorities crossed Iran's western borders, were arrested on 31 July 2009.


Hikers tell of harsh conditions in Iran prison

Amnesty International and other organizations have harshly—and rightly—criticized Iran's egregious human rights violations. However it is truly a cause for celebration when the Iranian authorities decide to take the high road on human rights, and these actions must be recognized and welcomed.


Detention of IranianAmerican Confirmed Financial Tribune

Iran: Free Unjustly Detained American Hikers. Trial Set to Resume as Detention Approaches 2 Years


Freed Hikers Iran Held Us Because We’re American

Muhammad Ali at a May 24, 2011, press conference to call for the release of American hikers detained by Iran. ( Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP) June 11, 2016 They were very intense days, 781.


Freed hikers Iran held us because we're American MPR News

The United States remains deeply concerned by the case of three American hikers, Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd, who have been detained in Iran without charge or access to legal representation since July 2009.. These three innocent Americans have been in detention in Iran for almost nine months without formal charges or access to.


Two American hikers sentenced to eight years in an Iranian jail Daily Mail Online

Mothers of three American hikers detained in Iran plead for them to be freed before this month's one year anniversary of their arrest


Iran Sentences 2 Hikers to 8 Years in Jail The New York Times

Nov 4, 2010, 11:42 AM EDT | Updated Dec 6, 2017 Scroll down to watch the documentary NEW YORK -- A new documentary about the three American hikers detained by Iran provides new evidence that they were simply tourists and not spies and offers new insights into their lives in prison.


U.S. Hikers Back Home From a World of 'Lies and False Hope'

The three took a tour to a waterfall in the Kurdish highlands of Iraq, and as they hiked along a road that turned out to be the border with Iran, an armed man in uniform waved them over. The next.


US sailors divulged information during Iran capture The Times of Israel

Two American hikers released after 781 days in an Iranian prison are back in the United States. Appearing at a news conference in New York on Sunday, the two men criticized Iran for holding.


Man accused of attacking hikers released from hospital, jailed KECI

The ordeal of two young American men held for more than two years in an Iranian prison is finally over. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were accused of espionage and sentenced to eight years.


Iran opens trial of 3 Americans on spy charges The Jerusalem Post

American hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal were sentenced to eight years in prison for espionage, but were released on Wednesday. Photograph: AP Iran This article is more than 12.


Hikers tell of harsh conditions in Iran prison

Iran claims the three crossed into its territory. [2] The three sometimes dispute and sometimes accept this claim. The three American detainees have claimed they were simply hikers who did not realize that they were in Iran and that they actually have lengthy backgrounds as social justice activists.


Rally for American Hikers Detained in Iran Fox News Video

After 410 days in jail, Sarah Shourd—one of three American hikers imprisoned in Tehran on espionage charges—was released this morning on $500,000 bail. According to her lawyer, she was on her.


California Reports 1st Prison Inmate Death Caused by COVID19 NBC Bay Area

Sept. 21, 2011 Two American hikers imprisoned on espionage charges in Iran were released Wednesday after days of conflicting signals, ending diplomatic skirmishing that complicated the United.


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Secretary of State Clinton marks anniversary of detention of 3 American hikers asking Tehran to 'do the right thing' and release them


Americans freed by Iran land in Oman

President Barack Obama today called for the immediate release of three U.S. hikers who have been held in Iran for almost a year. Obama said in a statement released today that the three, Shane.