Freed US hikers relive horror of Iran jail term

September 26, 2011 13:29

Two US hikers held by Iran for over two years on spying charges, described their stay in Tehran prison as 'the worst experience of their lives'.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal finally arrived in New York on Sunday, and insisted that they had been through hell.

"Solitary confinement was the worst experience of all of our lives. We lived in a world of lies and false hope,' Fattal said. "We had to go on hunger strike repeatedly just to receive letters from our loved ones. Many times, too many times, we heard the screams of other prisoners being beaten, and there was nothing we could do to help them," he added.

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