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US Hikers Get Hitched

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:32:20 CDT

It's a love story that stood the test of an Iranian prison: Sarah Shourd and Shane Bauer, best known for taking a wrong turn while hiking, have gotten married in California, reports the BBC . Friend and fellow captive Josh Fattal served as best man, and the couple is said to...

Hikers: Iran Held Us for Being American

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:16:01 CDT

The two American hikers back home from Iran today said Iran held them because they are American, the AP reports. Joshua Fattal said that while he and fellow hiker Shane Bauer "applaud Iranian authorities for finally making the right decision," they "do not deserve undue credit for ending what they...

Hikers Back on US Soil

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:59:04 CDT

After a wait of more than two years, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are back on US soil. The pair, best known as stray hikers imprisoned in Iran, touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York today at 11am EDT on the first leg of their long-awaited...

Freed Hikers Race Down Plane Stairs to Families

John Johnson — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:50:48 CDT

Freed US hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer made brief statements to the media today, but a short CNN video of them touching down in Oman may say everything better. It shows Fattal and Bauer racing down the plane stairs into the arms of waiting family members amid shouts of...

Hikers Leave Iran for Good

Kate Schwartz — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:29:47 CDT

Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer are officially no longer on Iranian soil. The American hikers have departed on a flight from Tehran to Oman, a Swiss diplomat tells CNN . Their destination is the Omani capital of Muscat, where they will be met by their families, along with fellow hiker/Bauer's fiancee,...

Iran Releases US Hikers: Report

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:53:51 CDT

After being jailed for more than two years, American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal walked out of Evin prison free men this morning, confirms Iranian state television . Their lawyer had said earlier that they would be released within hours, after a vacationing judge returned and the second signature needed...

Hikers' Path to Freedom Hits Snag

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:22:57 CDT

After more than two years in an Iranian prison, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer's imminent bid for freedom has been put on hold—by, of all things, a vacationing judge, reports the AP. Attorney Masoud Shafiei says the $1 million bail deal that would free the American hikers is on...

Iran: Not So Fast on Hiker Release

Kevin Spak — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:26:33 CDT

Hold the ticker tape, because Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal might not be coming home after all. Iran's judiciary posted a statement on its website today denying Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's assertion that the Americans were about to be released, though it said that "the request of the lawyer to post bail...

Ahmadinejad Plans to Pardon, Release Hikers

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:56:39 CDT

More than two years after they were jailed on charges of spying, American hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal may finally be headed home. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells the Washington Post he will grant a “unilateral pardon” to the two men, and that he is working to arrange for...