The three Americans missing in Iran: a new twist

I have written before about the three Americans who were missing on the Iran-Iraq border and are now held in Iran. I have mocked claims by the US government and media that they were mere hikers. Of course, I was mocking the media and government and not the individuals themselves. I have heard from one of the families of the three: and it seems that one of them was my student in Middle East studies at UC, Berkeley and my name was found on a research paper of his. I am protective of all my students (regardless of politics, nationality, ethnicity, etc) and I add my voice to those calling on the lousy Iranian regime to release them.