Iran says US Hikers to Be Put on Trial November 6
20 October 2011
American hikers Shane Bauer (l) Josh Fattal, center, and Sarah Shourd are shown in Tehran, in this 21 May 2010 file photo. Shourd has already been released and back to the U.S. in September.
After months of languishing in an Iranian prison, two American hikers, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, accused of espionage after allegedly crossing the Iranian border are due to be tried on November 6, according to their lawyer. A third hiker, Sarah Shourd, was released on bail, last month.
Iran's official news agency IRNA says that Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi confirmed the trial of the American hikers would be held soon. "Whatever case we have against them," he said, "will be passed on to the judiciary.
The hiker's lawyer, Masoud Shafii, said well-known Revolutionary Court Judge Abolqasem Salavati will preside over the case. Salavati became a celebrity, last year, after the televised trials of opposition activists held for protesting against Iran's disputed presidential election.
Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran to release the two remaining hikers Fattal and Bauer on "humanitarian" grounds. Clinton insisted there is "no basis whatsoever" for putting the hikers on trial, and that it is "unfortunate" their ordeal has lasted so long.
The hikers were detained in July 2009 after allegedly entering Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan.
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