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Iran charges US hikers with espionage
Nov 9, 2009, 13:11 GMT
Tehran - Three US hikers detained in Iran four months ago have been charged with espionage, Tehran's prosecutor-general said Monday.
Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal went arrested by Iranian security forces in July after disappearing along the Iran-Iraq border.
At the time, Iran said the trio were journalists working for pro- Israeli news websites.
Prosecutor-General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi told the official news agency IRNA that investigations into the case were continuing.
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