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Passports with a fantastic iranian visa in it. were very, very excited. her son josh with sarah and shane have been jailed in iran after their families say they accidentally crossed the border between iraq and iran while hiking. iran accused them of spying. >> they were in iraqi occurred stan. >> reporter: throughout the last nine and a half months, the mothers of the three americans put their lives on hold, fighting for their release, petitioning the iranian government, meeting with u.s. govern...

Will allow the hikers mothers to visit them in prison. in just a few hours ago, the news became real when visas were actually issued. the hikers were grabbed last summer while hiking along the iran-iraq border. they adamantly deny that they were spying. joining us now is laura fatale. she is the mother of josh fattal, one of the hikers jailed in iran. she is headed to washington in a few minutes to pick up her visa. laura, its great to see you tonight. finally some good news for you. its ban lon...

Yet. in terms of the timeline and how long youll be able to stay, under what conditions will you see them, what do you know? >> we dont have the exact dates yet when well be traveling. we dont have the exact dates when well be in iran. but we know its very, very soon. and i cannot begin to tell you that i have not seen josh since july 31st and had a long conversation with him, so this will be fabulous, and i know cindy and norah for shane and sarah feel the same way. jane: can i see it in your f...

Know also shane and sarah have gotten letters and that has been very, very reassuring. and in terms of books, theyve received books from us, and the prison has a library with english language books in it, so we understand the kids have had the books. jane: i want to get to this before we run out of time. what are your thoughts on timing? i know when the iranian president, ahmadinejad was in new york, you attempted to see him and make your case. you were unable to. why do you think now that overt...

Wrap their arms around josh, shane and sarah. theyve been held in such isolation for so long. as you know, weve only had one phone call. it was a very brief phone call. there have only been three consular visits. news out of the third consular visit was quite disconcerting. were worried about sarahs health issue. shane has a stomach ailment. and the fact that all three of them were so despondent that their case was not moving forward they were considering a hunger strike. its all very disconcert...

Jane we have breaking news, you most likely remember the story of these three young people, three american hikers detained in iran about 8 1/2 months ago. shane bauer, sarah shourd, josh fastual, iranian state tv is reporting this hour the families of these hikers will be able to visit them soon. weve not independently confirmed that but are working to do so. this is videotape of the three that the families had released during the past eight months. they were just there hiking, the iranians have...

Their lives. they have no idea why theyre being held in jail for the nine months. we know there are physical ailments for sara and for shane. there is a tremendous psychologic psychological pressure on all of them in their situation. belgium bikers have been released and british sailors have been release tsz and dane irreporters have been released from prison in iran but our american children are still detained for nine months. >> shannon: you have been able to send letters to iranian officials ...

Shane and sarah. we want josh and shane and sarah to come home. if they allegedly crossed the unmarked border between iraqi kurdistan and iran, they can go through the legal system of iran and speak their peace and talk about what they feel occurred. they have been detained for nine months. they should have been investigated, we know they have not been investigated for over six months. and in any investigation, josh, shane and sara will have explained themselves. and if they allegedly crossed th...

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Might have happened to shane. >> obviously shes very distressed. they are praying for a miracle as we all said. weve only heard from incidental reports from workers that shane was probably on the drilling floor probably near where the explosion occurred as were the other 10 missing men. and all we can do is pray at this point. >> what are you hearing about -- when you talk about safety violations, what are you talking about specifically? >> yeah. the regulations regulates a lot of activities in ...