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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Saeed Abedini

Illustrative: A 2008 photo of Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, where a number of foreigners and dual nationals have been detained over the years. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
August 11, 2017, 1:17 pm
US religion monitor welcomes release of Iranian Christian
Maryam Naghash Zargaran, a Christian convert from Islam, was jailed ‘simply due to her Christian faith,’ says US government watchdog
By AFP
Naghmeh Abedini holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2015 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 27, 2016, 1:18 am
Pastor who was imprisoned in Iran expected home Tuesday
Saeed Abedini set to reunite with family after 4 years’ imprisonment in Islamic republic
By AP
Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, center, appears with his wife Yeganeh Salehi and mother Mary Reazaian in Germany on January 20, 2016, following his release from Iranian custody (screen capture: YouTube)
January 23, 2016, 1:19 pm
White House facing questions over $1.7 billion to Iran
Republicans want probe into payment to Tehran that Obama administration denies was bribe to secure release of 5 Americans
By Bradley Klapper
January 22, 2016, 6:18 pm
Iran general: US paid Tehran $1.7 billion to release ‘spies’
US denies claim by Basij officer that settlement of suit dating to 1979 Islamic revolution bought return of 4 US prisoners
By ToI Staff
A picture taken on January 17, 2016 shows a medical bus escorted by German and American police leaving the US Air Force at Ramstein, Germany, about a half hour after a plane landed carrying three of four US citizens released by Iran in a prisoner exchange. (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP)
January 19, 2016, 6:05 am
Americans reunited with families after Iran ordeal
Relatives of still-missing American Jewish ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson accuses Obama administration of leaving him behind
By Olivia Hampton
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano at a news conference in Vienna, Austria, on November 26, 2015. (AP/Ronald Zak)
January 18, 2016, 6:06 am
Nuclear watchdog chief in Iran for talks after deal
Yukiya Amano to discuss monitoring of nuclear deal’s implementation with President Rouhani and atomic agency head Salehi
By Arthur Macmillan and Andrew BEATTY
US Secretary of State John Kerry holds a press conference at the E3/EU+3 and Iran talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna on January 16, 2016. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
January 17, 2016, 3:43 am
Kerry: Nuclear deal ‘accelerated’ Iran prisoner swap
Exchange was unrelated to nuclear talks, says US diplomat, but ‘relationships forged’ in the latter helped broker the former
By AFP
People take photos of the candidates during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)
January 17, 2016, 2:51 am
Iran prisoner release leaves Republicans in tough spot
Despite tough talk, many of the nuclear deal’s provisions may be difficult to roll back for a future GOP president
By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, speaks at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
January 17, 2016, 2:30 am
Some Republicans praise prisoner release, criticize Obama on Iran
US ‘shouldn’t be involved in swaps,’ chides Rubio; ‘This should have been done three or four years ago,’ says Trump
By AP
Naghmeh Abedini holds a necklace with a photograph of her husband, Saeed Abedini, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2015 (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
January 16, 2016, 10:16 pm
A look at the US-Iranian prisoners released by Tehran
Reporter Jason Rezaian, ex-Marine Amir Hekmati, pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari are a part of swap
By AP
American television personality Montel Williams speaks to media outside the Iranian Embassy in London, June 26, 2015 (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
June 29, 2015, 1:22 pm
Amid Iran nuclear talks, non-diplomats compete for attention
Leveraging widespread media coverage, celebrities, activists and lobbyists flock to Vienna as negotiation deadline nears
By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper
Still image from a November 2010 video showing Robert Levinson, which was received by his family. (YouTube: Help Bob Levinson)
May 12, 2015, 12:54 pm
US Senate passes resolution for release of Americans in Iran
Three US citizens being held on spying and security charges; Jewish former FBI agent Robert Levinson is missing
By AP
Still image from a November 2010 video showing Robert Levinson, which was received by his family. (YouTube: Help Bob Levinson)
March 21, 2015, 1:02 am
Obama calls for return of Americans held in Iran
US president urges release of inmates ahead of nuclear talks, requests Tehran’s help finding missing Jewish ex-FBI agent
By AP
Undated photo of CIA contractor and retired FBI agent Robert Levinson (AP/Levinson family)
November 27, 2013, 12:58 am
US pleads with Iran over fate of Jewish ex-FBI man
White House makes appeal for Robert Levinson, missing since 2007, and two others, after bringing up the issue during recent nuclear talks
By AP
Saeed Abedini with his family before his arrest (photo credit: courtesy American Center for Law and Justice)
November 20, 2013, 3:26 am
US pastor imprisoned in Iran granted family visit
Iranian-born Saeed Abedini was transferred more than two weeks ago to notoriously violent facility
By AP
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