13 Months Later

       13 months ago, three UC Berkeley graduates were hiking and apparently crossed the boarder into Iran. Now, due to the end of Ramadan, Sarah Shourd, will be released.

       "Bak Sahraei, the second counselor of Iran's UN mission, sent an e-mail confirming the release of Shourd, following up an earlier text message from the Culture Ministry telling reporters them to come to a Tehran hotel on Saturday morning to witness the release.
        The site is the same one where the three were allowed the only meeting with their mothers since they were detained in July 2009."
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      There is no real way to determine if they really crossed the boarder but the three students have been held as prisoners for the past 13 months, under the suspecting of being spies. Sarah Shourd is now going to be released. She told her mother that she is sick and that they have denied her any medical help. Good thing she can get help as soon as she gets released. The fate of the other two hikers, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, is unknown. Hopefully they will be released soon as well.