Memo on Subcommittee Hearing “The Status of American Hostages in Iran”
On Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on the Middle East will hear from family members of individuals unjustly detained in Iran. This is an important opportunity to highlight and condemn the Iranian government’s unconscionable imprisonment of Americans and other politically motivated detentions that violate Iran’s human rights obligations.
Washington Times: U.S. held three Iranians as “hostages”
Barbara Slavin at the Washington Times has an exclusive story about the three Iranians who were arrested by U.S. forces in Iraq over two years ago: Three members of Iran’s elite Quds Force who were seized in Iraq by the United States were held for more than two years even though they had not been […]