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Xiyue Wang and Hua Qu with their son. Wang has been in prison in Iran for more than a year.

The wife of a Princeton scholar imprisoned in Iran worries about the fate of the Iran nuclear deal

Justice

President Donald Trump called on Iran to free all Americans and citizens of other nations who are being detained. One of those Americans imprisoned in Iran is Xiyue Wang.

Jason Rezaian

Spying? Press freedom groups lambaste Iran’s charges against US reporter

Global Politics
Gael García Bernal plays Iranian reporter Maziar Bahari in "Rosewater."

The journalist profiled in Jon Stewart’s ‘Rosewater’ finds dark humor In Iran’s prisons

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For journalists in Iran, being arrested is an all-too-common occurrence

Global Politics

Iran charges three detained US citizens of spying

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American hikers freed from Iranian prison

Conflict & Justice

Nate Lindstrom, the brother-in-law of one of the prisoners, discusses his family’s experience. Also with the program is David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times.

Iran frees imprisoned American hikers

The State Department has confirmed that two Americans who have been imprisoned in Iran have been released. Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal were captured by the Iranian government while hiking along the Iran-Iraq border and charged with espionage two years ago. The fate of the two men has been unclear since last week when, a […]

Iran frees jailed US hikers

Conflict & Justice

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal who had been given eight-year jail terms by Iran for spying have been released on bail.

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Dorothy Parvaz Released

Conflict & Justice

Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the Fred Parvaz, father of Dorothy Parvaz, the Al-Jazeera journalist who was released Wednesday from detention in Tehran’s Evin prison. She was sent to Iran in April from Syria where she had tried to report on the protests.

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Brother of American hiker detained in Iran speaks out

Conflict & Justice

Earlier this week, one of three American hikers who had been detained in Iran since last summer was released from prison. We talk to Alex Fattal, older brother of one of the remaining detained hikers, Joshua Fattal’s.

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