2009–2010 Detention Of American Hikers By Iran

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** FILE ** Sarah Shourd (left), Shane Bauer (center) and Josh Fattal stand together after a news conference in New York on Sept. 25, 2011. Fattal and Bauer, both 29, were held for more than two years in an Iranian prison before being freed last week under a $1 million bail deal. Fellow hiker Shourd was released from the prison last year. (Associated Press)

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Josh Fattal, left, addresses reporters as Shane Bauer, right, holds hands with Sarah Shourd, his fiance, fellow hiker and captive, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 in New York. The two men were released last week after being held for espionage in an Iranian jail for almost two years. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Sarah Shourd (left), Josh Fattal (center) and Shane Bauer are pictured at the airport in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, before leaving for the United States. The two men, who were freed from an Iranian prison Wednesday, told reporters they were "eager to go home." (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)

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Josh Fattal (left) and Shane Bauer are shown at Tehran's Mehrabad airport on Wednesday before leaving for Oman after being freed by Iran from custody. The release of the two Americans, imprisoned by Iranian authorities as spies, ended a high-profile drama that lasted more than two years. (Islamic Republic News Agency via Associated Press)

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A sign at Josh Fattal's former high school in Wyncote, Pa., announces his and fellow American Shane Bauer's release from a Tehran prison on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, after more than two years in custody. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Students at Josh Fattal's former high school sign a banner on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, in Wyncote, Pa. Fellow American Shane Bauer and Mr. Fattal, jailed in Iran for two years on charges of spying, were released from a Tehran prison on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Nancy Campeau, an employee of Sprouts Hometown Market & Gifts in Pine City, Minn., adjusts a display after adding a sign in support of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Store owner C.J. Gustafson watched the news of the Americans' release from an Iranian prison all morning with candles lit. Mr. Bauer's mother, Cindy Hickey, lives in Pine City. (AP Photo/The Minneapolis Star Tribune, Courtney Perry)

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Freed American Shane Bauer (right) kisses fiancee Sarah Shourd upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, from Tehran on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Sultan Al-Hasani)

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Freed American Shane Bauer is welcomed upon his arrival in Muscat, Oman, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Sultan Al-Hasani)

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** FILE ** In this May 21, 2010, file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal are shown in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)

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Iran has set bail for American hikers Shane Bauer (left) and Josh Fattal at $500,000. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, file photo, U.S. hikers Shane Bauer, left, and Josh Fattal, attend their trail at the Tehran Revolutionary Court, Iran. The website of Iran's state TV reported Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, that two American hikers held in Iran have been sentenced to 8 years in jail each. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)

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** FILE ** In this May 20, 2010, file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal are due for what Iranian authorities have said will be a final hearing in their espionage case on Sunday, July 31, 2011. Sarah Shourd was freed last September. (AP Photo/Press TV, File

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** FILE ** American hikers Shane Bauer (left), Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal are pictured at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran in May 2010. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)