SEAN PENN is a true hero, and he’s been doing all the right hero stuff by negotiating for the release of two U.S. hikers captured in Iran in 2009 and charged with espionage. And just as he rolled up his shirt sleeves and pitched his time and effort to help Haiti after the earthquake, he’s shown his capacity to be champion of the underdog in this endeavor…
Not many know that the two-time Oscar winner is also a political and social activist, and according to star news, Penn took his clout over to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chavez to intervene with Iran’s leader for the hikers’ release.
“Penn was very committed to the case…he flew to Caracas several months ago to raise it with Chavez and he kept on it,”
a source said.
The two hikers, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, have been released on a $1 million bail in Tehran, and they maintain that they’d merely gotten lost hitchhiking in the face of espionage charges.
Penn, a strong Chavez backer, is hoping the Venezuelan president will be on hand to help in the negotiations.
Way to go, superhero Sean! Who knows there might be a Nobel Peace Prize somewhere in the offing…
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