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FILE - In this July 5, 2016 file photo, shows Amer Fakhoury, owner of Little Lebanon To Go restaurant, in Dover, N.H. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said Thursday, March 19, 2020, that a Fakhoury was freed from a prison in Lebanon. Fakhoury had been jailed since September 2019, was responsible for the killings and abuse of prisoners in Lebanon as part of an Israeli-backed militia two decades ago. (John Huff/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 5, 2016 file photo, shows Amer Fakhoury, owner of Little Lebanon To Go restaurant, in Dover, N.H. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said Thursday, March 19, 2020, that a Fakhoury was freed from a prison in Lebanon. Fakhoury had been jailed since September 2019, was responsible for the killings and abuse of prisoners in Lebanon as part of an Israeli-backed militia two decades ago. (John Huff/Foster's Daily Democrat via AP, File)

March 19, 2020

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2 Americans imprisoned in Iran, Lebanon released
March 19, 2020 7:39 p.m.

2 Americans imprisoned in Iran, Lebanon released

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American jailed for months in Lebanon was released from custody Thursday, while a Navy veteran was granted medical furlough from an Iran prison as the country struggles to curb the spread of coronavirus, U.S. officials said.