WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) – December 30, 2014 – The United States called on Tuesday for the release of U.S. citizens held in Iran, but denied a report that Washington had proposed a prisoner exchange for a former U.S. Marine. A lawyer for Amir Hekmati, an Iranian-American former Marine jailed in Tehran, was quoted in a report…
DUBAI (Reuters) – December 30, 2014 – Iran and six world powers are set to resume low-level talks on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva on Jan 15, with wide gaps remaining in their positions, the Iranian foreign minister said. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the lead negotiator for Iran with the six powers known…
by Benjamin Weinthal, NationalReview.com, December 23, 2014 President Obama has penned at least four letters to Iran’s fanatically anti-American Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Obama’s goal is to melt away Khamenei’s severe distrust of the United States. “If countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us,” declared Obama…
by RICK GLADSTONE, NY TIMES, Dec. 19, 2014 (print version Dec. 20) Amir Hekmati, a former Marine who began a hunger strike and wrote to President Obama this week in despair over his prolonged incarceration in Iran, also has protested to Iranian officials over the apparent paralysis of his case, untreated lung infections, and the prison’s…
by Rick Gladstone, NY Times, December 16, 2014 Relatives of a former Marine imprisoned in Iran for more than three years said Tuesday that he had begun a hunger strike, and they released an open letter he had written to President Obama urging him “not to forget me” as the United States intensifies negotiations with…
Jason Rezaian, correspondent stationed in Tehran since 2008 arrested July 22 on unspecified charges, still in custody – gets solitary confinement and no bail. Family: “Iran breaking its own laws.” John Kerry: “personally distressed, dismayed and disturbed.” By Tova Dvorin, israelnationalnews.com, December 8, 2014 Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini and President Hassan Rouhani.…
From NPR Radio December 4, 2014 Copyright © 2014 NPR Jason Rezaian, The Post journalist who has been held without trial in Iran since July, will be held for at least another 2 months. Steve Inskeep talks to Ali Rezaian, the journalist’s brother. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Jason Rezaian will not get out of prison soon…
From CJR.org, November 10 2014, By Jared Malsin Jason Rezaian, Washington Post reporter detained in Iran July, 2014. Everywhere he traveled in the world, Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian invited people to visit Iran, where he has lived for nearly 10 years, and reported for the Post since 2012. His brother, Ali Rezaian, said people…
Iran: Release ALL Americans Now! 