Their American dream became a nightmare: Pat McDonnell Twair talked to the Iranian Mirmehdi brothers, who were falsely imprisoned in the US for almost three and a half years.

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Mohsen Mirmehdi; Mojtaba Mirmehdi; Mostafa Mirmehdi

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Their American dream became a nightmare: Pat McDonnell Twair talked to the Iranian Mirmehdi brothers, who were falsely imprisoned in the US for almost three and a half years.

MOSTAFA MIRMEHDI IS HAUNTED by the words 'if only'.

If only he hadn't sought the services of an immigration attorney who, unbeknown to him, was under investigation by the FBI.

If only he hadn't attended a 1997 demonstration in Denver that was calling for democracy in Iran.

But all the if onlys in the world can't change the series of events that led to Mostafa and his three brothers becoming the post-9/11 detainees incarcerated for the longest period of time: 41 months.

Mostafa came to the US in 1978 to ...

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