About 10 months ago, the Iranian authorities arrested three U.S. nationals, from the border area of Iran, and accused them of being spies. Since then, the families of the arrested hikers and the U.S. government have been requesting Iran to release the prisoners, as a special form of humanitarian gesture.
Although, Iran has agreed on releasing Shane Bauer (27), Sarah Shourd (31) and Josh Fattal (27), but there is a small catch to the whole situation. The Iranian authorities are demanding a prisoner swap program and the three hikers will only be released IF and only IF, the U.S. authorities agree on releasing some specific Iranian prisoners in return.
The Iranian Intelligence Minister – Heyder Moslehi said that we are open for this “humanitarian gesture” but we’re expecting America to do us the same favor so that we can call it a deal. As far as the three Americans are concerned, they were caught in the midst of their undercover mission, so for now, we are keeping them under arrest.
If the prisoner swap program takes place, then it’d be the first one of its kind, among an Islamic nation and the U.S. authorities. Last Thursday, the mothers of those three arrested hikers were allowed to see their loved ones in one of the remote hotels of Tehran. The teary reunion lasted for almost 10 hours and by the end of it, the mothers appealed for the release of the trio, as part of a goodwill gesture.
The emotional strain and the loneliness that has stretched over the past 10 months — is building its toll on the American hikers. For now, all three of them are facing several charges and being accused of illegal entry to the Islamic Republic, is one of them.
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