Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2016 0:19:07 GMT -6
4 Americans released from Iranian prison, including journalist Jason Rezaian
Three of the four Americans released from Tehran's Evin Prison on Saturday as part of an exchange were all men with dual citizenship who traveled to Iran for deeply personal reasons.
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 32, a former U.S. Marine from Flint, Michigan, was visiting an ailing grandmother. Saeed Abedini, 35, an evangelical pastor from Boise, Idaho, was working on building an orphanage with his wife. And Jason Rezaian, 39, a Washington Post reporter raised in Marin County, California, was writing about the rapid changes in his father's homeland, including a surprising new enthusiasm for baseball.
The stories of their imprisonment - which collectively spanned about nine years and nine months - captured the public's attention around the world and created tremendous outrage against Iran.
Little is known about the fourth American, Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, whose detention had not been previously publicized. Iranian state television described him as a businessman.
Continue reading at www.courant.com/nation-world/ct-jason-rezaian-released-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .
Three of the four Americans released from Tehran's Evin Prison on Saturday as part of an exchange were all men with dual citizenship who traveled to Iran for deeply personal reasons.
Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, 32, a former U.S. Marine from Flint, Michigan, was visiting an ailing grandmother. Saeed Abedini, 35, an evangelical pastor from Boise, Idaho, was working on building an orphanage with his wife. And Jason Rezaian, 39, a Washington Post reporter raised in Marin County, California, was writing about the rapid changes in his father's homeland, including a surprising new enthusiasm for baseball.
The stories of their imprisonment - which collectively spanned about nine years and nine months - captured the public's attention around the world and created tremendous outrage against Iran.
Little is known about the fourth American, Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari, whose detention had not been previously publicized. Iranian state television described him as a businessman.
Continue reading at www.courant.com/nation-world/ct-jason-rezaian-released-20160116-story.html#nt=outfit .