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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Obama: US ‘working’ to free imprisoned journalists
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleObama says his administration is “working every day” to try to free the four American citizens currently imprisoned in Iranian jails.
At a press conference, Obama says “the notion that I am content as I celebrate with American citizens languishing in Iranian jails — that’s nonsense.” He adds: “Nobody is content.”
Obama says the US did not include the status of the jailed Americans in the nuclear talks because it would have made it more difficult to walk away from a bad deal. He says he didn’t want to encourage Iran to use the prisoners for leverage.
— AP
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