3 Americans jailed in Iran to meet their mothers

TEHRAN, Iran - Three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months in his arms and embraced their mother in an emotional meeting Thursday after the women arrived on a mission to secure the release of their children. One of the prisoners have said they hoped all go home and in the first trio of public comments since their arrest.

Nora Shourd, Cindy and Laura Fattal Hickey threw their arms in the air and rushed to hug their children as they entered the room at the Hotel Esteghlal north of Tehran, in video broadcast on Iranian TV State Press.

They embraced and kissed the three on the cheeks as they embraced, some rocking back and forth with tears in his eyes. The group then had lunch together at a celebration of rice, kebabs and other traditional dishes of the Middle East.

Iran held the three Americans - Sarah Shourd, 31, her boyfriend, Shane Bauer, 27, and their friend Josh Fattal, 27 - along the Iraqi border in late July and accused them of entering Iraqi territory and espionage. Their parents reject the accusation and said the three were hiking in Iraq and largely scenic peace in the northern Kurdish region.

The mothers, who wore long black dresses and holding bouquets of flowers at the meeting, has arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to visit their children and try to obtain their liberation.

Iran to grant visas to the women to see their children in what she said was a humanitarian gesture and Islamic Americans asked them to release the three on the same grounds.

"We hope we will soon be home, perhaps with our mothers," said Josh Fattal that the group was asked, sitting together on a couch lowered thereafter.

The parents had little new in the three Americans since their arrest and their mothers were eager to speak with them and assess their state of health where after about 10 months of captivity in Evin prison in Iran.

Their lawyer Masoud Shafii said the six would stay together until at least tonight but it was not clear whether the three detainees to go to jail for the night.

Mothers are hoping to meet officials involved in this matter, and ideally with senior Iranian leaders, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all matters state, the lawyer said