Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009

[The Straight Story]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges.

Ali, arguably the most prominent U.S. Muslim, released the letter he wrote to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to The Associated Press exclusively Wednesday.

The Feb. 1 letter asks Khameini to release Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, who were arrested while hiking in northern Iraq near the Iranian border. A third hiker, Sarah Shoud, was released on bail in September, shortly after Ali first wrote to Khamenei.

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[Botany]

1. That is why he is the Champ

[Cassandra]

2. There is a difference between claiming one is religious...

and actually behaving in a way that honors one's religion.

[Scuba]

3. He's The Greatest n/t

[jwirr]

4. K & R for Ali.