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Freed Americans Shane Bauer, left, Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd, right, Bauer's fiance, wave from the door to an airplane before leaving for the United States at the airport in Muscat, Oman, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)

Hikers Say Iran Held Them Because They’re Americans

Two Americans held for more than two years in an Iranian prison on accusations of spying are back on U.S. soil.

2011/09/25

Protesters object to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2011. (credit: Marla Diamond/WCBS 880)

Ho Hum: Ahmadinejad Offers Usual Fire And Brimstone Anti-U.S. Rant At UN

Ahmadinejad launched a wide-ranging attack on the United States, suggesting in his remarks that our nation used the 9/11 attacks as a pretext for invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.

2011/09/22

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad/Getty Images

Report: Group Of Columbia University Students To Dine With Iranian President

A group of Columbia University students will have dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next week in Midtown.

2011/09/13

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

NY Politicians Speak Out Against Ahmadinejad

A group of New York elected officials spoke out Monday against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is in NYC for the U.N. General Assembly.

CBS New York–2010/09/20

Sarah Shourd (R), the American hiker released from detention in Iran after 410 days, addresses a press conference as Cindy Hickey (L), her fiance Shane Bauer's mother, and Paula Fattal, Josh Fattal's mother, look on in New York on September 19, 2010. Fellow US hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were captured with Sarah Shourd but have not yet been released. (Photo credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

US Hiker Freed From Iranian Jail Arrives In New York

An American hiker freed after spending over a year in an Iranian jail is now telling her side of the story. Sarah Shourd said she’s no spy, and neither are the two friends she left behind in Tehran.

2010/09/19

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