A simple rule of thumb applies: I had no problem with the call for their release, until I heard it from the White House as well...Keep them, and even worse, try them under your stinky, primitive, Beduin, barbaric judiciary system...No sympathy. Sorry.

There has never been any kind of sanctions or embargo on selling medicines to Iran. His advocates are concocting this nonsense.

There never was an embargo on food and medicine. These two need to grease some people and they will be released before you know it.

Some mullah and his Sepah cronies will be looking to make a killling from 'facilitating the release' of these two fellows. Sepah itself has a criminal arm that excels in intimidation and outright robbery of wealthy 'westernized' Iranians.

If a naive businessman does not have powerful contacts within the 'hardliners' faction of the flea ridden arabs, that individual can count on some form of extortion at the hands of these beasts. For example, many wealthy Iranians have left their larger and more comfortable ground level homes in favor of the safer, but tinier, highrise suites. Criminals affiliated with or former members of Sepah are known to hold entire families hostage in their homes while the husband is sent to make a bank withdrawal for the ransom money, often in the millions of dollars. Many people close to me have had this tramatic experience.

My point is that someone, some reesho pashmi, is going to get very rich because of this long established pattern of 'hostage taking' and the awarding of some form of 'ransom' in order to secure their release. Which is also why I like to recite the following special prayer from time to time in the 'revolution's' honor:

Marg bar Jomhuriye Ofoonate Es-hali va un shotorparast hayash ke mihane maro forookhtan be yek mosht akhoonde bisavade pahberane o aghaboftadeh. Enghelabe yek mellate talab kar o namak nashnas chize digei nemishod.

First a Happy NowRooz to Dear Fred and other Fellow Iranians and even the NIACi half palistinian full time follower of Fred!

second , I'd like to take the oppurtunity of this happy occasion to declare that I never ever stated that our NIACi friend here has no father! In fact to prove that statement  I'd like to introduce you all to the Father of all our fellow NIACi friends:

Is it the guy wearing a black head rag?

It's the intelligent looking one :))))