After 6 months, Minnesota mother of American jailed in Iran says families frustrated, worried
By Patrick Condon, APSaturday, January 30, 2010
3 Americans now held in Iran for half of a year
MINNEAPOLIS — The mother of one of three Americans jailed in Iran for six months says even hiring an attorney in Iran has brought no new information about the welfare of her son or his friends.
Cindy Hickey of Pine City, Minn., is the mother of Shane Bauer. He and his friends Sarah Shourd (SHORD) and Josh Fattal were hiking in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region at the end of last July when Iranian authorities arrested them. The Americans are accused of illegally crossing into that country. Their families say it was an accident.
Swiss diplomats briefly visited the Americans in late October. Hickey says the families’ attorney hasn’t gotten access to them or any information on possible charges.
She says their families are increasingly concerned for their health.
