I'm not going to want to stay long; I don't want to get filled up.
"Mothers to visit Americans jailed in Tehran" by Associated Press | May 11, 2010
TEHRAN — Iran will allow the mothers of three Americans arrested along the Iraqi border in July to visit them in a Tehran prison, the foreign minister announced yesterday, saying the decision was made on humanitarian grounds.
The case of the three Americans, held for more than nine months, has exacerbated tensions between the two countries that were already high because of the standoff over Iran’s accelerating nuclear program and criticism of its crackdown on postelection protesters.
Raising further concern, Swiss diplomats who were allowed to visit the Americans on April 22 reported that two of them were in poor health, according to their families.
Just wait and SEE what a LIE that is!!!!
The Americans’ families have been told before that they would be granted visas to visit Iran, then learned that they did not have the permission.
Related: The Chomsky Controversy
Iran has accused Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal of illegal border crossing, espionage, and having links to US intelligence. Their relatives and the US government have denied the spying accusations.
Umm, WHO "VACATIONS" in a WAR ZONE?
The families of the three graduates of the University of California at Berkeley say they were hiking in the scenic Kurdistan region of northern Iraq and that if they did cross the border with Iran, they did so unintentionally....
That is the COVER STORY!
Couldn't find ANYWHERE ELSE in the WORLD, huh?
NO MOUNTAINS to HIKE ANYWHERE ELSE, huh?
Just HAD to be the BORDER of IRAN and IRAQ, 'eh?
Also see: P.J.A.K.
Yeah, but they ain't spies or nuthin'!!!
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"Mothers of US hikers held in Iran get visas" by Associated Press | May 13, 2010
MINNEAPOLIS — The mothers of three American hikers held in Iran said they collected their visas yesterday and hope to travel to Tehran by early next week to visit them in prison.
Nora Shourd told the Associated Press that the family of Josh Fattal, 27, picked up the travel documents from the Iranian interest section in Washington, D.C.
“We’re really over-the-top excited about this,’’ Shourd said. “I can barely breathe this morning. We’ve waited for this so long. And it’s going to be wonderful to see these kids, absolutely wonderful.’’
Aside from visiting their children, the three plan to meet with the Iranian attorney they hired months ago along with the Swiss ambassador in Iran. Swiss diplomats have visited the hikers in prison since the United States has no official presence in Iran....
Not exactly true, readers: Iran is Paranoid
"Covert action programs, a particularly secret category in which the role of the United States is hidden"
Nice job, MSM.
And no one gets to visit our tortured prisoners except other intelligence agencies.
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Also see: Iran Doing What America Will Not
NEW YORK — Their trip is occurring as the United States announced it has agreed with China, Russia, and other major powers on a proposal for strong new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.--more--"
Related: Mothers of detained US hikers arrive in Tehran
"Iran OK’s visit by detainees’ mothers; Hikers complain of depression" by Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post | May 21, 2010
TEHRAN — The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran met with their children yesterday for the first time since they were arrested 10 months ago while hiking in the Iraq-Iran border area, Iranian state television reported.
Iranian authorities have informally accused the three of spying, which their relatives strongly deny. No formal charges have been filed against them since their arrest in July.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has used the case to call attention to several Iranians imprisoned in the United States, prompting speculation that the Islamic Republic would be interested in an exchange. Iranian authorities strongly deny this.
The Americans — Sarah Shourd, 31; her boyfriend, Shane Bauer, 27; and their friend Josh Fattal, 27 — have been held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, where they have complained to Swiss diplomats about isolation and depression.
Have you been waterboarded yet?
Shourd is said to suffer from a gynecological condition, and Bauer reportedly has stomach problems. Switzerland represents US interests in Iran in the absence of diplomatic relations between Tehran and Washington.
State television’s English-language channel, Press TV, showed the mothers hugging and kissing their children after they were reunited in a Tehran hotel. The mothers wore long black headscarves in keeping with an Iranian requirement that women cover their hair. They embraced their children, who looked thin but otherwise appeared to be in good health.....
So was it the Swiss lying or just the Zionist AmeriKan war-promoter, I mean, paper?
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Why bother?
Why bother with MORE LIES?
TEHRAN — The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months left for home yesterday, getting a chance to embrace their children but failing to secure their immediate release.
In a glimmer of hope, Iran announced that two of its nationals held in Iraq by US forces for years were freed yesterday. The release raised the possibility that a behind-the-scenes swap was in the offing or that their release was a gesture of good will in an attempt to free the Americans....
Iran has hinted in the past that it wants to swap the three Americans for a number Iranians being held by the United States — including several who have been tried and convicted in the United States over violations of American sanctions on Iran. Also among them is a nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, who disappeared during a visit last year to Saudi Arabia, raising speculation he defected to the West.
Or he has been KIDNAPPED by the WEST!
Related: Iran's Missing Nukes
On Thursday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters in Washington, “We’re not contemplating any kind of a prisoner swap’’ for the three Americans.
Translation: We are.
Iran has said it allowed the mothers to visit the Americans as a humanitarian gesture.
Which is more than AmeriKa does with its prisoners.
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"3 mothers back in US after Iran visit
NEW YORK — The mother of one of the three Americans detained in Iran says the pain of returning to the United States without their children is almost more than they can bear. The three women returned to New York yesterday afternoon aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai that landed John F. Kennedy International Airport. Nora Shourd thanked the Iranians for allowing the women to see the three."
More: Imprisoned hikers in Iran engaged
"Iran official suggests swap for 3 Americans" by Associated Press | May 24, 2010
TEHRAN — Iran’s intelligence minister signaled yesterday that Tehran might be open to a prisoner swap with the United States for three Americans jailed in Iran since July.
Sarah Shourd, 31, Shane Bauer, 27, and Josh Fattal, 27, were arrested along the Iraqi border. Iran has accused them of espionage and entering the country illegally; their families say the three were hiking in Iraq’s largely peaceful mountainous northern Kurdish region and that if they crossed the border, it was accidental.
Does the MSM lying ever stop, America?
Last week, Iran allowed the trio’s mothers to visit their children. The mothers were hoping to secure their children’s’ release, but returned to the United States on Saturday empty-handed. However, they say they were heartened to find their children are being treated well and in reasonable health.
That is NOT what the Swiss said!
Yesterday, Intelligence Minister Haidar Moslehi said the three Americans’ “status as spies is a clear and obvious case,’’ according to state TV.
Yup.
But Moslehi said there would be a chance of discussing a prisoner exchange with the United States once Washington makes a humanitarian gesture toward Iranians in US custody similar to the one Iran made last week toward the mothers.
“Our expectation is that the US . . . could make a similar human rights gesture to us, then we may get to the stage of whether or not there would be a swap,’’ Moslehi said. He did not elaborate.
Iran has repeatedly accused the United States of abducting some 10 Iranians abroad and sentencing them to prison terms.
On Thursday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the United States is “not contemplating any kind of a prisoner swap’’ for the three Americans....
That means we are.
"Iranian ambassador says no deal pending to free 3 Americans; Tension on Iraq, nuclear ambitions looms over talks" by Associated Press | June 1, 2010
Which is it then?
BAGHDAD — The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad said the recent release of two Iranians from Iraqi custody is not an indication of any impending deal to free three Americans held on spying charges....
The Americans’ detention occurs at an increasingly tense period between Iran and the West, concerned over Tehran’s refusal to stop its controversial uranium enrichment that the United States and its allies fear masks a push to make nuclear weapons. The UN is weighing a new set of sanctions against Iran over the program, which Tehran maintains is only peaceful....
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If you make the papers you are a spy or controlled asset.
It's as simple as that.
Also see: Iran’s cultural scene helps fuel opposition
Iran bars music in private schools
Yeah, what a horrible place to live, 'eh, Amurkn?
Better off if we just bomb the s*** out of them for Israel, huh?
Iran releases filmmaker held for 2 months
Iran pardons some opposition protesters
The U.S. just quietly releases its tortured patsies. Some people do make deals, though:
"France frees killer of former leader of Iran" by Associated Press | May 19, 2010
PARIS — The killer of a former prime minister of Iran who opposed the country’s clerical regime was released from a life sentence and sent home yesterday in what critics called an apparent trade for a young French academic just freed by Iran....
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