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From: The Washington Times | December 28, 2009
IRAN Kin of held hikers hire Iranian lawyer The families of three Americans charged with espionage in Iran after straying over the border from northern Iraq in July said Sunday that they have secured an Iranian lawyer to try to get them released. Iran's judiciary has announced espionage charges against Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27. Their families say they were hiking during a vacation in Iraq and crossed the border accidentally. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said they "entered Iran with suspicious aims." Independent Iranian lawyer Masoud Shafii will represent Miss Bauer, Mr. Shourd and ...
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