3 US hikers facing spy charges in Iran

• Source: Global Times
• [13:18 November 10 2009]
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Three American hikers taken into custody by Iranian guards near the border with Iraq on July 31 face charges of spying, Iran's judiciary said Monday.

Tehran Chief Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted by the IRNA News Agency as saying the investigations were continuing against the three, Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, and that a statement on their fate would be made in the near future.

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