Honestly it took my breath away when i first read the news about him coming home. and then, you know, i let myself day dream a little bit. i was actually in the car, and i just pulled over, and i just tried to imagine if it was if i had heard that ahmad was on his way home and what it would feel like and how i would call my parents. so it gave me so much hope to hear that he was home and joining his family. and i i just hope that president biden will do everything he can to bring ahmad home so it s no longer a dream for us. bahari, last saturday marked four years to the day that he was first taken. i know you ve been able to have short phone calls with him over time. what is the latest that you ve heard from his from your husband? how is he doing? thank you, kate, again, for having us. he s you know, it s hard to know how he s doing because he s the kind of person that always
There and i m here. he said when i get better i m going to start advocating for them to bring paul home right away. that s how we feel. we re going to advocate for everyone to come home. reporter: along with paul whelan, former marine held since 2018, wnba star brittney griner is also being held by russia, held since february. and nearly 60 americans right now are brelieved to be wrongfully detained by foreign governments around the world. they include ahmad shargay, a man wrongfully detained even kept in the notorious evan prison for four years now. joining me for more is his wife, bahari and his sister, netta. thum thank you so much for being here. netta, you and i have been in communication for quite some time. i was wondering when you heard of the news of trevor reed, what was your reaction? yeah, i was overjoyed and
The purpose of their work is to bring ahmad home, and we are still waiting. bahara, this involves some of the biggest things when you talk about your husband being detained by iran. the united states and iran, decades of tensions, negotiations over nuclear weapons. i mean, very big things. but this is also about a family, about your family. what do you want people to know about what this has been like? who ahmad is and who he is to you? ahmad is for me first and foremost actually a father because he is such a present father. he is my best friend. and yes, he is a brother and a son to two parents that have their eyes to the door waiting for him. what i want people to know is that what it feels like sometimes, kate, is that it feels like we are a family and