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Iran jails 2 American hikers for spying

AFP | By, Tehran
Aug 21, 2011 01:08 AM IST

Iran has sentenced two American hikers detained in the Islamic republic to eight years in prison on charges of "illegal entry" and "espionage," the state television website reported.

Iran has sentenced two American hikers detained in the Islamic republic to eight years in prison on charges of "illegal entry" and "espionage," the state television website reported.

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It further said that the two have separately been "sentenced to five years in prison on charges of espionage for the American intelligence agency."

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The report added that "the case of Sarah Shourd, who has been freed on bail is still open."

The lawyer for the Americans, Masoud Shafii, told AFP that he had not been informed of any decision since their trial ended on July 31.

Bauer and Fattal, both 28, were arrested along with Sarah Shourd, 32, on the unmarked border between Iran and Iraq on July 31, 2009, with the trio claiming they were hiking in Iraq's northern province of Kurdistan when they innocently strayed into the Islamic republic.

They have pleaded not guilty to spying charges. Shourd is being tried in absentia after she returned to the United States when she was freed on humanitarian and medical grounds in September, paying bail of around $500,000.

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