Iran charges three US citizens with espionage

[DearAbby]

ran charged three Americans it captured in July near the border with Iraq with espionage on Monday, prompting Washington to demand the release of what it says are innocent hikers.

Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jaffari Doulatabadi said investigations were continuing against the trio, Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27, the official IRNA news agency reported.

A statement on their case is to be made in the near future.

"The three Americans arrested near the border of Iran and Iraq are facing charges of spying and the inquiry is continuing," he said.

The United States called for the swift release of the three, insisting they were wrongly detained.

http://rawstory.com/2009/11/iran-charges-citizens-espionage/

[anonymous171]

1. If they were spies they were very bad ones. nt

[virgogal]

2. Scary stuff!

[AwareOne]

3. Why were these people hiking near the Iranian border?

That's like saying "hey honey, for vacation this year let's rent a yacht and sail the coast of Somalia"!