Iran charges US hikers with espionage

Posted : Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:27 GMT

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Tehran - Three US hikers detained in Iran four months ago have been charged with espionage, Tehran's prosecutor-general said Monday. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal went arrested by Iranian security forces in July after disappearing along the Iran-Iraq border.

At the time, Iran said the trio were journalists working for pro- Israeli news websites.

Prosecutor-General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the official news agency IRNA that investigations into the case were continuing.

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