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Mothers of jailed US hikers return home empty-handed

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The mothers of three US hikers held in Iran for nearly a year on spying accusations returned home Saturday empty-handed, after failing to secure their children's release.

“The pain of having to leave Tehran without our children is almost more than we can bear,” Nora Shourd said after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport aboard an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai.

She thanked Iranian officials for letting them see their children but expressed the group's frustration at being unable to return with their loved ones.

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