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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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 prisoners in Iran phone home
The three UC Berkeley graduates held in Iran were allowed to phone their relatives for the first time on Tuesday, CNN reports. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were detained last July 31 after crossing the border into Iran while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan. They are being held on charges of […]
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No swap for Berkeley prisoners in Iran
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ruled out a prisoner swap to free the three Berkeley hikers held in Iran. Two days ago, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the hikers could be freed if Iranian prisoners in the U.S. were also freed. Speaking in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Clinton said, “It is hard to know […]
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Iranian President says swap possible for UC students
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that the three UC Berkeley students detained in Iran and charged with spying may be swapped with jailed Iranians in the United States, Reuters reports. “We do not like to have any person in jail. Some discussions are going on to swap the three with jailed Iranians in America,” Ahmadinejad […]
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Belgian tourists speak of contact with UC hikers
Two Belgian tourists who were detained for three months in an Iranian prison revealed today they had had contact with the three UC Berkeley graduate students who have been imprisoned there since July, reports the Oakland Tribune today. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal (above) were arrested July 31, 2009 while hiking a trail […]
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Lawyer hired for three UC students in Iran
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. The families of UC Berkeley graduates Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal said in statement Sunday that they have retained attorney Masoud Shafii, according to […]
