Sarah Shourd of California was one of the three Americans detained in Iran in late-July 2009. Shourd, Joshua Fattal and Shane Bower were arrested for illegally entering Iran through the border of Iraq's Kurdistan region. The three had been hiking at the time they were arrested.http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/International/story?id=8236485&page=1
Shourd is a contributing writer to the websites MatadorPulse and New America Media.http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/sarah-shourd-is-american-held-in-iran.html
AP Report on American Hikers Arrested in Iran
Video Report
- Video: UC Berkeley Graduates Held Captive in Iran
- Community Update: UC Berkeley Graduates Detained in Iran 10/05/09
Since July, three UC Berkeley graduates have been detained in Iran. The three are held captive after crossing an unmarked border on a hiking trip. Family and friends of the hikers organized vigils across the nation.
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Shourd's LinkedIn profile states she is an ESL teacher/writer at Iraqi Students Project
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Arrested on July 31, 2009, for illegally into Iraq
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The border in the Kurdistan region of Iraq is unmarked and is a tourist attraction because of the scenery
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Often contributed her stories about her experiences and travels on websites
