Obama Calls for Release of Americans Detained in Iran

President Barack Obama on Tuesday listed Americans held in Iran by name and said the United States will not give up until they are returned.
The secretary of state, John Kerry, said last week, there was “not one meeting that took place” during the recent Iranian nuclear talks at which the US didn’t raise the issue of four Americans.
The Obama administration has been accused by some critics of missing an opportunity to leverage the recent Iranian negotiations to secure the release of former US marine Amir Hekmati, Christian pastor Saeed Abedini, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and retired FBI agent Robert Levinson.
Early last month family members of the three detained Americans testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee