and his interest in iran is from a personal heritage. his father was from iran. and he went there and wrote about ordinary people and the pressures and kinds of challenges that they face. and he wrote about the normal diplomatic and political matters in iran and the economic pressures in iran. and he wanted to focus on ordinary people and the concerns they and what their ordinary lives were f(mlike. >> what kind of support have you received from the administration? do you feel you have received enough support from the u.s. government in your efforts to try to get him out of prison? >> we've met with the highest level officials in the u.s. government and they expressed support all along. and brought up his case continually with the iran officials in the nuclear talks