American hostage in disbelief over warm welcome for Iran’s Rouhani at UN

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American hostage in disbelief over warm welcome for Iran’s Rouhani at UN

by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2016 One of four American hostages released from Iran in January said “it’s unbelievable” that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received such a warm welcome at the United Nations on Sept. 21. Pastor Saeed Abedini, who spoke to Fox News after Rouhani’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, said Iran’s […]

Freed hostage: We waited for ‘hours and hours’ for another plane before leaving Iran

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Freed hostage: We waited for ‘hours and hours’ for another plane before leaving Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, August 5, 2016 Iranian authorities were awaiting the arrival of another plane before they released four Americans, one of the hostages said. Saeed Abedini said on the Aug. 4 broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Intelligence Report with Trish Regan” that on the night in January he was freed, his Iranian […]