Hostage News
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10 Years Free: A Celebration of Jason Rezaian
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Iran Designated as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention
Story By: Virtual Embassy Iran
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Trump administration designates Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention
Story By: Jennifer Hansler
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US designates Afghanistan as a sponsor of wrongful detention, accuses it of ‘hostage diplomacy’
Story By: By Eric Tucker and Edith M. Lederer
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Rubio designates Iranian-American Kamran Hekmati as wrongfully detained by Iran, cousin says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated as wrongfully detained in Iran 61-year-old Jewish Iranian-American Kamran Hekmati, his cousin said on Monday.
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Leonard Pitts: What people do in the name of God
The killing of Peter Kassig and courage of his parents show the extremes.
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US detainees in Iran risk becoming collateral damage in war, families and supporters fear
Families and supporters of Americans detained in Iran say their loved ones face new dangers during the intensifying war
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Israel kills 3 journalists in Gaza, including CBS News contributor
The Israeli military struck and killed three journalists as they traveled in their car south of Gaza City, rescue officials and local reporters said.
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Concerns mount over Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, wrongfully detained in Iran
Valizadeh, a 49-year-old dual U.S.-Iranian citizen and longtime critic of Iran’s security establishment, was arrested on Sept. 22, 2024.
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Russia gives U.S. man it accuses of illegally transporting weapons a 5-year prison term
Russia has sentenced an American man to five years in prison for illegally transporting weapons.
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US citizen visited family in Russia. He’s been in prison ever since
Jan. 17 marks the fourth year that U.S. citizen Robert Gilman has spent in Russian custody.
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US Navy veteran ‘abducted’ by Russia
Electrician’s family claim his imprisonment for sailing with a rifle was a ‘set-up’