Haleh Esfandiari has written an op-ed for the Washington Post telling the story of her imprisonment.  She mentioned the books and fruit she exchanged with Kian, and discusses the reasons she believes she was targeted:

The interrogators….took the trouble to explain their concerns about U.S. intentions in Iran — explanations that seemed to reflect Intelligence Ministry thinking.

This is the belief that the Bush administration, entangled in Iraq and Afghanistan, no longer contemplates military action against Iran. Rather, it hopes to encourage a “velvet” revolution, like the peaceful ones that occurred in Georgia and Ukraine. To achieve this end, it uses think tanks, foundations and even universities to organize workshops for Iranian women, to invite Iranian opinion-makers and scholars to conferences and to offer them fellowships. In time, the officials believe, the administration hopes to create a network of like-minded people in Iran who are intent on regime change.

Iranian officials also seem to believe that an alert and vigilant Islamic Republic is successfully foiling — and effectively discouraging the United States from pursuing — this coordinated plan. Over many weeks of questioning and discussion, I tried to convince them that the Wilson Center is not part of any such scheme. I don’t believe I succeeded in that, but I do think that in the end they came to accept that I, at least, was not engaged in any conspiracy.

Nor was Kian–and we hope the Iranian authorities have realized that by now.

Also,  the family of Ali Shakeri, the fourth Iranian-American detainee, has broken its silence.  This article from The Los Angeles Times provides some information about Shakeri’s case.