them remind the iranians that they're just not following their own laws. >> i had the pleasure of meeting your brother in iran in 2009 covering the election protest. i interviewed him at the time and i have asked iranian officials about his case and that's the answer that they will come with saying we have a judicial process, we have to follow the judicial process, but the fact is this is very much about politics. one of the reads here is that the hardliners in iran are punishing or embarrassing the more moderate factions. do you feel that you and your family and your brother have been caught up not just between u.s. and iran but within iran a political conflict inside iran? >> you can't help but think that. i mean, you know the uniqueness of the case the fact that it's gone on for so long. it's so different than any other cases without any evidence against him to hold him for nine months without a trial. there's got to be other things going on but things he doesn't control. it's completely absurd. >> your brother, as you know co-wrote and was featured in a documentary about his second visit to iran to reconnect with