appeal. at this point we thought maybe this is a goodwill gesture, the president of iran is here in the u.s. what does this mean for amir? it means his case is moving forward for review and shortly within that time frame, the judge is reviewing the case, we're told to drop the case completely when the nuclear framework agreement was extended until march. >> who said to drop it? >> whichever officials behind the scenes were not allowing it to move forward in iran. >> u.s. or iran. >> iran. >> so now it's stalled. >> it's completely stalled. >> is it wrapped up in the nuclear discussion? >> amir feels that that's the case. we believe that to be the case as well. >> what does the u.s. government say? >> well the u.s. government has said what you hear them say, that they are working to release amir. as far as amir is concerned we just never see any actual real effort. they may be doing a lot behind the scenes to negotiate, but we don't have any obvious tangible evidence of what progress they have made. and obviously they can't tell us details.