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Families: 3 Americans detained in Iran call home
3/10/2010 05:22:00 AMReuters – Missing American hiker Josh Fattal is seen with his mother Laura in an undated photo. REUTERS/freethehikers.org/Handout American hikers detained in Iran Video Link Iran Video:Local Historic Locations Available For Weddings CBS 13 / CW 31 Sacramento Video Link Iran Video:Man In Wheelchair Struck By Car, Killed CBS 13 / CW 31 Sacramento 14 mins agoPHILADELPHIA – The families of three Americans detained in Iran for months say their loved ones have been allowed to call home for the first time. The families said in a statement Wednesday that they received the calls Tuesday. The three reported being well. The families called the conversations "a tremendous relief." The families say Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were hiking in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region in July when they accidentally crossed the border into Iran. Bauer and Fattal are 27 and Shourd is 31. The families say Bauer and Fattal are being held in the same prison cell in Tehran. Shourd is alone in her cell but is able to meet with the other two daily. Iran says the three are spies. U.S. officials have called for their release. Search Google for this story. |
