Mar 16 Politics Muhammad Ali Asks Iran to Release Hikers Ali, arguably the most prominent US Muslim, released aletter he wrote to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Wednesday. The February 1st letter asks Khamenei to release Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, who were arrested while hiking in northern Iraq near the Iranian border. By Dalton Main Mar 16 Politics Muhammad Ali Asks Iran to Release Hikers Dalton Main