US calls on Iran to release American hikers

Three People detain near Iran Consulate in Peshawar.

By: musarratullahjournalistcom

Peshawar ( 23 October 2009 ) Security official has detained three people including afghan refugee from the Peshawar cantt area near to Iran Consulate on Friday after noon. Security official confirm that three person came after under observation when they try to check the security of Iran consulate in Peshawar. According to detail these people ...

about 1 month ago

Iran allows Swiss diplomat access to imprisoned US hikers.

By: northsunm32

   To release the hikers seems the reasonable thing to do and would give Iran some badly needed positive PR points. Perhaps the Iranians want to use the three as bargaining chips or perhaps they are a bit paranoid and think they were US agents undercover, or perhaps they want to payback the US for its holding 5 Iranian diplomats for over ...

25 days ago

Iran Charges Three American Hikers with Espionage

By: WordSlinger

TEHRAN, Iran - Are these possible barbaining chips for Iran? Shane Bauer, 27, Josh Fattal, 27, and Sarah Shourd, 31, are three American hikers who have been detained since July 31 on charges of illegally crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. The hikers entered northern Iraq from Turkey on July 28 with plans of a five day hike in ...

17 days ago

Iranian refugees released from detention in Turkey

By: chnarendra

Two Iranian refugees who were refused access to the asylum system in Turkey and unlawfully detained for more than a year have been released, following months of campaigning on their behalf by Amnesty International.Mohsen Abdolkhani and Hamid Karimnia were set free a month after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that their ...

29 days ago