Monday, January 31, 2011

News: Iran summons US hiker Sarah Shourd for spying trial

An American woman who spent 14 months in an Iranian jail has been summoned to Tehran to stand trial for spying, an Iranian government official has said.
Sarah Shourd and two American men were arrested as they hiked near the Iraq border in July 2009.
They maintain they were tourists but Tehran has charged them with spying.
Ms Shourd was released on bail in September and returned to the US. Her fiance Shane Bauer and their friend Josh Fattal remain in prison in Tehran.
Ms Shourd has said the trio were hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan and did not intentionally stray over the border with Iran. more here

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