NY Times: In an interview broadcast Sunday morning with Christiane Amanpour on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Ahmadinejad said that the Iranian government “took a humanitarian measure and released one of the three individuals who entered our borders,” so “I believe it would not be misplaced to ask that the U.S. government should make a humanitarian gesture and release the Iranians who were illegally arrested and detained here in the United States.”
When Ms. Amanpour suggested that he was holding the two remaining hikers as hostages for eight Iranians held for various crimes, including violating international sanctions against Iran, the Iranian president replied: “How would you know those Iranians are criminals? Are you a judge?”
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