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01-16-2016 11:42 AM
I have been busy this morning, so not heard about the Iranian's prisoners that were traded, what is the story about ?
01-16-2016 11:47 AM - edited 01-16-2016 11:49 AM
@goldensrbest wrote:I have been busy this morning, so not heard about the Iranian's prisoners that were traded, what is the story about ?
the news and a little of the backstory.....
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/16/iran-releases-washington-post-journalist-jason-rezaian
http://dailysignal.com/2015/07/24/meet-the-four-americans-held-hostage-by-iran/
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/27/hassan-rouhani-iran-could-release-us-prisoners.html
01-16-2016 12:11 PM
Number four might be Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari.
01-16-2016 12:42 PM
@sunshine45 wrote:this is great news!
i had not yet opened my emails or my news feeds and saw your post.
i have followed jason even before he had appeared on "parts unknown" with anthony bourdain. his family must be so thrilled!
i went to anthony bourdains twitter account and saw this....
I dearly hope this is http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/16/iran-releases-washington-post-journalist-jason-rezaian ...
it can be nerve racking going back and forth sometimes because of the lack of dual citizenship policy that iran has.
so glad that four of them have been released. lets hope we can bring more home soon and we continue to have productive dialogues and a better relationship with iran.
@sunshine45 thank you for reminding me where I first saw Jason and his story. So, so happy he and the other hostages have been released!
01-16-2016 12:56 PM
A fifth name has surfaced.
01-16-2016 01:26 PM
just bee wrote:A fifth name has surfaced.
Iran has released a fifth American, student Matthew Trevithick, a U.S. official said on Saturday, separately from four other Americans who were released in a prisoner swap as international sanctions were due to be lifted on Iran.
It was unclear when Trevithick, a student, was released.
01-16-2016 01:28 PM
@sunshine45 wrote:
@just bee wrote:A fifth name has surfaced.
Iran has released a fifth American, student Matthew Trevithick, a U.S. official said on Saturday, separately from four other Americans who were released in a prisoner swap as international sanctions were due to be lifted on Iran.
It was unclear when Trevithick, a student, was released.
Yup. That would be the one.
01-16-2016 01:36 PM
Thanks for this, I missed it.
What wonderful news!
Surely something to celebrate!
01-16-2016 02:58 PM
UPDATE: Jason's wife is on the plane too!
EXTRA good news!
They were such a gracious, wonderful couple on Bourdain's show - so positive about Iran and it's people...I was impressed with them from that day - before everything happened to them.
01-16-2016 03:05 PM
@terrier3 wrote:UPDATE: Jason's wife is on the plane too!
EXTRA good news!
They were such a gracious, wonderful couple on Bourdain's show - so positive about Iran and it's people...I was impressed with them from that day - before everything happened to them.
Oh that is just excellent news, thank you for letting us know Terrier. After I watched the Anthony Bourdain interview I fell in love with them as a couple so knowing that are both safe now is just the best news ever!
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