Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer The two UC Berkeley graduates who have been held in an Iranian prison since July 2009 accused of spying have been released, according to various media reports, including CBS News, and the Bay Citizen. Iran’s official Press TV reported that the two U.S. hikers were released at around 4:30 a.m. […]
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Breaking: Iran to release two ex-Cal hikers held for spying
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal: reports suggest the two men may be released from prison in Iran on bail Update, 3:25pm: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he intends to release Fattal and Bauer and grant them a “unilateral pardon”. Ahmadinejad told The Washington Post: “I am helping to arrange for their release in a couple of days […]
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Two Cal grads sentenced to eight years in Iranian prison
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal: reports suggest the two men have been sentenced to eight years in prison According to Reuters, CNN and other news sources, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, the two U.S. hikers detained in Iran on spying charges in 2009, along with their friend Sarah Shourd, have been sentenced to eight […]
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Call to support ex-Cal students 2 years after arrest in Iran
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal Update, 4:10pm: Reader Diana Rossi reports that she made a call to the number cited in our story below and that her experience was frustrating. We made inquiries with people close to the campaign and this is their response: Thank you so much for the piece in Berkeleyside. […]
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Song honors Berkeley grads in Iranian jail
Sarah Shourd, one of the UC Berkeley graduates who was arrested while hiking by Iranian officials and charged with spying, has written and recorded a song in honor of her two companions, Josh Fattall and Shane Bauer, who remained imprisoned. Shourd wrote the song, Piece of Time, while in solitary confinement in Evin Prison in […]
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Breaking: Sarah Shourd released from Iranian prison
Sarah Shourd who has been released from prison in Iran today. Sarah Shourd, one of the three former UC Berkeley grad students held since last July in prison in Iran, has been released, according to several news wire stories. “She is free,” Shourd’s attorney Masoud Shafii said. “She is coming out of prison right now,” […]
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Breaking: Cal detainee in Iran to be released
The Associated Press reports that Iran’s Culture Ministry announced today that one of the three UC Berkeley graduates being held in Tehran will be released on Saturday. No more details were given. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal have been held in Iran since last July, when they were arrested and accused of spying. […]
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Berkeley grads detained in Iran may get visitors
The mothers of the three UC Berkeley graduates who have been detained in Iran since July will soon be able to visit their children. The Iranian foreign minister announced on Iranian television Monday that the mothers of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal would soon be issued visas to travel to the country. The […]
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Berkeley hikers accused of spying in Iran
Three graduates of UC Berkeley, Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal, were accused today of espionage by Tehran’s chief prosecutor. The three were arrested on July 31 on the Iran-Iraq border and have been held since without charge. The accusation by chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi is being reported as a likely prelude to […]
