citizenship including our colleague, jason. i would like to know if you as a government feel this legal process, whatever it might be, is expedited so these people can be freed. i speak particularly of my own own colleague. translator: now, being imprisoned in iran has nothing to do with a nuclear negotiations and subsequent agreement. but he i ll ask you this. there are a number of iranians in the united states who are imprisoned, who went to prison in result of activities related to the nuclear industry in iran. and today the u.n. security council has agreed, according to resolution 2231, to lift those sanctions. once these sanctions have been lifted, why keep those folks in american prisons? so they must be freed. if the americans take the appropriate steps and set them free, certainly the right environment will be open and the
what is your reaction to what president rouhani said about this notion of a prisoner swap? i think what he said is kind of odd. he did say correctly that jason s case has nothing to do with the nuclear talks and the deal. they ran a trial, haven t convicted him of anything that held him illegally and jason s guilt or innocence has nothing to do with people being held in america. they ve claimed that they have evidence. they did not present any evidence to support their case at the trial. and they just held him, you know, breaking their own laws. you ve been working hard to win the release of your brother to maintain some attention so that your brother could potentially be released. but this perhaps is the most hopeful sign, is it not, from president rouhani to say that
whole time, says there s no evidence to support the charges at all. you know, there are things like, you know, communicating with the american government because he sent some e-mails to the government. it s just patently absurd. he hasn t done anything and they ve held him for 14 months. he should be released because he s innocent and not for any other reason. it s just wrong to claim that the united states should have to do something before, you know, jason, an iranian citizen and american citizen, born in california and raised, but should be treated like an iranian citizen by their laws and should be released because he s innocent. what does your gut say about why he was targeted and apprehended and arrested in the first place? he s married to his iranian wife after moving to iran to be part of a documentary. we saw the still photos with me and anthony bourdain, who was also focussed in one of aboutny s hours. but what is your understanding as to why he was targeted and