Freed US hiker summoned for Iran trial: prosecutor
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31-Jan-2011 (2 comments)

TEHRAN (AFP) – US hiker Sarah Shourd, freed on bail last year, has been summoned for trial in Iran along with her two American friends who remain in custody, the prosecutor general said on Monday.

"Sarah Shourd, one of the three Americans accused and who was released on bail, has been summoned to be present at the February 6 trial," Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.

Iran has set February 6 as the trial date for the three US hikers charged with espionage after they reportedly entered the Islamic republic from northern Iraq.

Shourd, her fiance Shane Bauer and fellow hiker Josh Fattal maintain they strayed across the unmarked border with Iraq innocently when they were detained on July 31, 2009 by Iranian authorities.

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Esfand Aashena

No 2 weeks notice?! It takes ~ 1.5 days 2 fly 2 Iran!

by Esfand Aashena on Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:33 AM PST

So she has to RUSH to Iran, pay hefty airfare, endure jet lag, just so she can be present at the trial?!  No hearing, pre-trial, anything, just straight to the trial and possibly sentencing at the same day.

"Appeal" may take years but trial and sentencing is at lightning speed! 

Everything is sacred


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Mon Jan 31, 2011 09:29 AM PST

IRI just executed an Iranian Dutch lady, sentenced a Canadian Iranian resident to death for running a porn site......now it is the time for IRI to torment Americans!


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