The families and friends of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two young American hikers imprisoned by Iran since July 2009, are pleading for their release in time for the winter holidays. A third young American, Sarah Shourd, was freed in September on compassionate grounds after nearly 14 months in solitary confinement in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Shortly before that, Shourd said, all three were charged with espionage and illegal entry at a hearing in the prison, the one time they were allowed to meet their lawyer.