![]() ![]() The negotiations for his release took place over 14 months in multiple countries, including meetings in Tehran. They quietly hired former Bush administration official Pierre Prosper and his Los Angeles firm ArentFox to negotiate his release, the Wall Street Journal reports. ![]() Taghavi’s family chose to avoid widespread publicity. Unlike the case of the three American hikers held for over a year in the same Tehran prison – one of which, Sarah Shourd, was released in September – Mr. The freed prisoner, Orange Country businessman Reza Taghavi, says he transported the $200 to them unwittingly. Iran released on Saturday an Iranian-American prisoner held for two and a half years (without being charged) for bringing money to an Iranian rebel group that claimed responsibility for a deadly 2008 mosque bombing in Iran. A daily summary of global reports on security issues. ![]()
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