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           US House Resolution Urges Iran to Free Detained Americans

   by William Gallo

   The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a resolution calling for
   Iran to release three American citizens being held in custody.

   The non-binding resolution, which passed late Monday by a vote of
   391-0, urged Tehran to free Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian,
   Pastor Saeed Abedini and Amir Hekmati.

   Rezaian was arrested last year and is on trial on charges of spying.
   Abedini has been detained since 2012 for leading Christian worship
   services. Hekmati, a retired U.S. Marine who was arrested in 2011 while
   visiting his grandmother, was tried and sentenced to death on espionage
   charges. His sentence has since been reduced to 10 years.

   The resolution also calls for Iran to provide information on former FBI
   agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007.

   Congressional lawmakers are pushing Iran to release the Americans as
   the June 30 deadline approaches for Iran to reach a deal with the
   United States and five other nations over the Islamic regime's nuclear
   program.
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