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NEWS ABOUT: Joshua Fattal

Joshua Fattal stories: 3 news summaries


 Iran Allows 
 Swiss Envoys 
 Visit With 
 Detained Hikers 

Policy reversal may be gesture of goodwill ahead of nuclear talks

Sep 29, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has changed its policy on three detained US hikers, allowing Swiss diplomats—who represent American interests in Iran—to visit them. Officials have been denied access to the three Americans since they were detained in July after crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. Tehran’s reversal may... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tehran • Kurdistan • Switzerland • United States • detainee • UN Security Council • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

Ahmadinejad: Captured
US Hikers Must Be Punished

Iranian president links release of hikers to fate of detained diplomats

Sep 19, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday dashed the hopes of parents of three American hikers who've been detained in Iran for 6 weeks, saying they broke the law when they strayed into Iranian territory from Iraq, and must be punished. The families had urged Ahmadinejad to bring the three with him when he... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

Iran Charges American Hikers With Illegal Entry

Says case is being used by West for propaganda

Aug 4, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has charged the three American hikers who stumbled across its border with illegal entry, a security official announced today. “They are definitely Americans. We don’t know whether they are tourists or not. We are questioning them,” he said. Authorities accused the West of using the case... More »

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Iran • journalist • tourists • hikers • Shane Bauer • Joshua Fattal • Sarah Shourd

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