Shane Bauer
Families seek detained hikers release on Iranian New Year
Mar 18, 2010 11:21 EDT
The families of three US hikers detained in Iran said Thursday they were sending email messages and e-cards to Tehran's UN ambassador, seeking the release of their loved ones on the Iranian New Year.
Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home
Mar 10, 2010 17:18 EST
Families of 3 Americans detained in Iran say they called home this week for 1st time. Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran. When the time came, the conversation lasted only about a minute, she said, "so it was hard to say a lot."
US hikers held in Iran allowed to call family
Mar 10, 2010 15:54 EST
Three US hikers being detained in Iran for entering the country illegally were allowed to phone their families for the first time since their arrest, their supporters said Wednesday.
U.S. says hikers detained in Iran call families
Mar 10, 2010 15:26 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
US hikers held in Iran allowed to call family
Mar 10, 2010 09:16 EST
Three US hikers being detained in Iran for entering the country illegally were allowed to phone their families for the first time since their arrest, their supporters said Wednesday.
US hikers held in Iran allowed to call family
Mar 10, 2010 08:16 EST
Three US hikers being detained in Iran for entering the country illegally were allowed to phone their families for the first time since their arrest, their supporters said Wednesday.
Three years on, US presses Iran to help find ex-agent
Mar 09, 2010 16:20 EST
The US State Department on Tuesday reiterated its call for Iran to help locate Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who went missing on an island in the Gulf three years ago.
Iran mulling family visit for detained Americans
Feb 16, 2010 13:07 EST
Iran's rights chief says Tehran considering families' request to visit 3 detained Americans. Iranian authorities are considering a request by the families of three detained Americans to visit them in prison, Iran's top human rights official said Tuesday.
Ahmadinejad says hopeful on detainees in Iran/U.S.
Feb 16, 2010 10:08 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he was hopeful that the cases of Americans detained in Iran and of Iranians held in the United States would be resolved and that they would be freed.
Pa. mom campaigns to free hiker son held in Iran
Feb 14, 2010 18:27 EST
Pa. mother of hiker arrested in Iran works 24/7 to free him, writes letters every day. A suburban Philadelphia woman says she's been working 24/7 to win the releases of her son and two other hikers arrested in Iran.
Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran
Feb 03, 2010 19:36 EST
Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran, detained Americans should be freed immediately. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be swapped with Iranian citizens held in the United States.
Ahmadinejad proposes prisoner swap for US hikers
Feb 02, 2010 20:06 EST
Iran president offers prisoner exchange of Iranians in America for jailed US hikers. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed a swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran.
Iran says detained U.S. hikers may be swapped
Feb 02, 2010 16:41 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday three U.S. citizens detained in Iran and charged with spying may be swapped with jailed Iranians in the United States.
3 Americans now held in Iran for half of a year
Jan 30, 2010 21:26 EST
After 6 months, Minnesota mother of American jailed in Iran says families frustrated, worried. It's been six months since three young Americans were taken into custody in Iran, and the mother of one said even hiring an attorney in Iran has brought no new information on how they are doing.
Detained Americans to be tried soon: Iran spokesman
Jan 12, 2010 04:02 EST
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Three U.S. citizens detained in Iran and charged with espionage will stand trial soon, a Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying Tuesday, in a case that Washington has called "totally unfounded."
Iran lawmaker says US hikers not to be freed soon
Jan 07, 2010 16:42 EST
Top Iranian lawmaker says 3 US hikers detained since July will not be released soon. A senior Iranian lawmaker said Thursday the United States should not expect the release anytime soon of three American hikers detained by his country since July.
Families of 3 Americans held in Iran hire lawyer
Dec 28, 2009 02:56 EST
Families of 3 UC Berkeley grads arrested hiking in Iran hire lawyer to work for release. The families of three Americans arrested in July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq say they have hired a prominent lawyer in Iran to work for their release.
Families of Americans held in Iran hire Iranian lawyer
Dec 27, 2009 13:00 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The families of three Americans charged with espionage in Iran after straying over the border from northern Iraq in July said on Sunday they have secured an Iranian lawyer to try to get them released.
Iran expects speedy trial of 3 American hikers
Dec 21, 2009 14:59 EST
Iranian FM expects speedy trial of 3 Americans who crossed border from Iraq. Iran's foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July. The country's president questioned the hikers' intentions but said would do his best to free them.
US hiker arrested in Iran to be judged 'soon:' Iran
Dec 21, 2009 12:01 EST
One of three American hikers arrested after they allegedly strayed into Iran from Iraq will be judged soon, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
