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The U.S. hikers, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, have been released in Iran after two years behind bars. Bauer and Fattal were granted bail and handed over to Swiss diplomats. Bauer and Fattal were arrested in 2009, along with Sarah Shourd, while hiking near the Iran-Iraq border. Bauer is a freelance journalist who has contributed to Democracy Now! and other media outlets. Fattal is an environmental activist. Shourd was released last year.
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