Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer who were arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 8 years in prison for espionage while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border, were finally released yesterday.
Is this a wonderful moment? Absolutely. However, the hikers were not released out of the goodness of their captors Iranian hearts. There was a payment drop in lieu of freedom. A payment of $1 million to be exact, according to CBS News.
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American Hikers To Be Released From Iranian Jail
Ann Curry interviewed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and he is going on record saying the two American hikers, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer who were arrested in 2009 and sentenced to 8 years in prison for espionage while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border, will be freed in a couple days. This is being called a humanitarian gesture on Iran's part. However in return, Ahmadinejad wants Iranians freed from American prisons.
The hikers say they crossed the border by mistake due to a soldier waving them over. What? Sounds like that soldier waved them over on purpose so they could cross the border to be arrested.
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Here's Ann Curry's interview with the Iranian President. She also asked him if they are building nuclear warheads and he offers his criticism on President Obama.
The hikers say they crossed the border by mistake due to a soldier waving them over. What? Sounds like that soldier waved them over on purpose so they could cross the border to be arrested.
Here's Ann Curry's interview with the Iranian President. She also asked him if they are building nuclear warheads and he offers his criticism on President Obama.
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