Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal were walking up a ridge when armed soldiers appeared in the distance, and waved them over. "And then when we actually got to them, they pointed at the ground and said that we were in Iran," said Shourd. "And we had absolutely no idea that we were even anywhere near Iran. With all the lovely places in the world where they could go for a hike, Smith asked Shane Bauer, why they chose that one? "Well, we were living in the region," he replied. They seem to get that question a lot: they're now inescapably known as the Iran hikers. "In retrospect, I wish we hadn't hiked so far," said Shourd. "That's in hindsight." "On that day, you didn't think you were doing anything wrong?" asked Smith. "We didn't think we were taking a risk," she replied. "We thought we were taking a hike."