Iran gives US men eight-year sentences for spying, entering the country illegally

[IDemo]

Source: msnbc.com news services

U.S. citizens Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, detained in Iran for more than two years, have been found guilty of spying and given sentences of eight years each, Iranian state TV reported Saturday.

"In connection with illegal entry into Iranian territory each was given three years in jail and in connection with the charge of cooperating with American intelligence service, each was given five years in jail," the IRINN website reported, quoting an informed judiciary source.

They say they were hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq and, if they crossed the unmarked border into Iran, it was by mistake.

Bauer and Fattal, both 29, have been held in Iran's Evin Prison since shortly after their arrest along the border with Iraq exactly two years ago on Sunday. It's not clear if the eight year jail sentence will include the time they have already served.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44212736/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/

[Glimmer of Hope]

1. That is bullshit.

[jberryhill]

8. Which part?

I hear the beaches in Burma are lovely this time of year

[wingzeroday]

9. wohg

nasty.


cats will be used for transfers.

dumbasses just like misson-aries


these kids wern't some intel ops

[Brooklyns_Finest]

2. Youth

We all do dumb shit in our youth. Most of us can look at the past and breathe a sigh of relief that the worst didn't happen. Then you think of your friends who were not that lucky...

[Proletariatprincess]

3. Maybe they are spies...

the USA would never admit it if they were.

[Odin2005]

4. "Spying" my ass! What a load of horseshit!

[mitchtv]

5. Maybe, but

who is that fucking stupid to hike on the unmarked border of an enemy state? i will not automatically believe what I read here in the US.

[christx30]

7. Maybe...

they were out collecting shells? And by shells I mean 50mm or higher? Probably a lot of those out there.
Regardless... why weren't they deported or given jobs on Iranian farms or doing drywall? Doing jobs Iranians don't want to do. Isn't that what happens when people enter a country illegally?

[bahrbearian]

6. "Nature walk" my ass! Thats a load of horseshit!

Hiking Iraq during a war?