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(AP) 

GENEVA — Switzerland's ambassador to Iran says she was never shown evidence to back up Iranian convictions of two American men for spying, despite acting as their consular representative in the country.

Iranian authorities permitted her four consular visits with Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer during their two-year detention. Each visit lasted about 45 minutes and Iranian officials were always present, the Swiss envoy, Livia Leu, said.

After pressure from her embassy, the two men were able to move into the same cell, something that helped stave off what Leu described as the most difficult part of their incarceration: loneliness.

They were also allowed eventually to meet fellow American Sarah Shourd, who had been arrested with them along the Iran-Iraq border in July 2009. Shourd was released on health grounds a year ago before facing trial.