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animosity towards him or towards any iranian people. >> uh-huh. >> i -- and there's no reason for animosity. in a situation like this, i don't know who is making the decisions. i don't know why what happened to us happened. >> sarah shourd's fiance shane bauer and friend josh fattal are still in prison. they are accused of spying, a claim they deny. ahmadinejad sparked outrage by saying the u.s. orchestrated the 9/11 attacks. expect some blockbuster testimony today when a government lawyer may confirm the obama administration is selectively enforcing voter intimidation laws. molly heneberg has the story in washington. good morning. >> good morning. the justice department has tried to prevent christopher coats from testifying before the civil rights commission. in this new black panther intimidation voter case but today, he will and it's not clear if he has the justice department's blessing to do so. coates is the former chief of the voting rights section at d.o.j. and expected to have some
iran. on the phone here, give me an idea why she thought this was an important pivotal moment for her to speak knowing two of her friends are still being held in iran. >> reporter: when she landed, she said it was her priority to get her fiance and friend josh fattal and fiance shane bauer released. what appears to be -- what she appears to be doing here is taking every opportunity that she can to draw people's attention to their situation. right now she's just about to board a flight to leave here en route to new york. she has a press conference. this was going to be a brief statement. this is the idea, just herald the fact she's on her way to the united states. she thanked the prime minister of iran, u.s. am. there was a sense she didn't want to move on quite so unquickly. she said dug our unfortunately brief stay, she talked about how
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she was able to relax on the beach, would remember the fragrance of the sandalwood but looks forward to sharing that with shane bauer her fiance and josh fattal, her friend, when they win their freedom. that seems to be what she's focused on now, drawing as much attention to them as possible. >> at the same time how important was it she doesn't say anything disparaging about iran. in some ways she kind of complimented iran. >> reporter: she did when she first arrived here. i think obviously that she's very aware whatever she says can be taken the wrong way, politicized. the diplomacy that went into winning her freedom was many, many months in the making. it was many careful steps along the way. the initial plan, according to the minister responsible for foreign affairs in oman, the talks were about releasing all three of them. after several months, those talks stalled, until the last
happening right now, an american jailed more th a year is on the verge of heading home. a lawyer for sarah shod says she is set to be freed once her half million dollar bond is paid. her family says she's sick and an iranian prosecutor says that g bailed out. tein she'll have to leave behind h h fiance shane bauer and her friend josh fattal t. three have been jailed since july 31 of lastary. allegedly they strayed across iran aqi border into duri a hike. ey are accused in iran of being u.s. spies. the family's website says that sarah has been mostly held in confinement. given hour a day to visit her fiance. she could be hours from freedom but her bail hasn't been posted yet. reza sayah is monitoring the situation. st?t is the la