Top of the Hour: Jailed Americans to Be Freed by Iran, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, the two American hikers who have been imprisoned as spies in Iran for two years, will be released today after a $1 million bail deal was approved by Iran’s judiciary.

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