Hikers' kin release video

BERKELEY, California: The families of three Americans being held in Iran plan to release video footage that they say proves the three were simply on vacation and had no underhand intentions when they strayed across the border.

Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, have been detained since July 31. They apparently crossed into Iran by accident while hiking in a scenic area in northern Iraq. Iran said last week that investigators are still questioning the three and that their fate rests with judicial authorities.

One of the videos, set for release on YouTube yesterday, shows Fattal performing an impromptu rap song - "Yo, it's hot/It's 'cos I'm in Iraq." - against a backdrop of the city of Irbil in Iraq. A second video shows Fattal, Bauer and Shourd dancing in an unfinished cinder block building.