Bauer and Fattal set to return to U.S. Sunday

The hiking trip that started more than two years ago will finally end when Onamia native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal set foot in the U.S. again. They were arrested while hiking near the iran-Iraq border and were imprisoned in Iran on spying charges until their release this past week.

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BMTN Staff
Updated:
Mar 8, 2018
Original:
Sep 24, 2011

The hiking trip that started more than two years ago will finally end when Onamia native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal set foot in the U.S. again. They were arrested while hiking near the iran-Iraq border and were imprisoned in Iran on spying charges until their release this past week.

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Minnesota native Shane Bauer says the joy of hugging family members again will stay with him forever. Bauer and Josh Fattal landed in New York, ending their Middle Eastern ordeal. The hikers spent more than two years in an Iranian prison on spying charges.

After two years in an Iranian prison Americans Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were released and reunited with their families in Oman. Their freedom comes after posting a total $1 million bail. The deal finally came together after multiple starts and stops and a power struggle between Iran's top political and religious leaders.

Minnesota native Shane Bauer and friend Josh Fattal are on their way home after judges in Iran signed off on $1 million bail deal.

Officials from Oman say a plane is in the Iranian capital standing by to transport Minnesota native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal if they're released. Mediators are reportedly negotiating with Iran. The pair has been held for more than two years on charges of spying.

The delegation met for over an hour this weekend with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about releasing Minnesota-native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal.

The Associated Press reports Shane Bauer and his fiancee Sarah Shourd are spending time this week at his mother's home in Onamia. Bauer's mother say they haven't spent a lot of time talking about their time behind bars.

A deal to pay $1 million bail for the release of Minnesota native Shane Bauer and his friend Josh Fattal hit a snag because a judge whose signature was needed was away on vacation. The deal is expected to move forward when the judge returns Tuesday. Bauer and Fattal have been held for more than two years on spying charges.

Bauer and Fattal say they were held in isolation. Phone calls with family members amounted to a total of 15 minutes in two years and they had to go on repeated hunger strikes to receive letters.

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