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THE LAWYER for two Americans jailed in Iran on charges of espionage says his clients could be released after a court hearing slated for Sunday.
Masoud Shafiei said today the fact that the session in the trial of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal would coincide with the second anniversary of their arrest may indicate that they will be freed.
There also is a tradition in the Muslim world of pardoning prisoners for the holy month of Ramadan, which starts early next week.
Bauer and Fattal have been jailed since July 2009. Bauer’s fiance, Sarah Shourd, was arrested with them but released last year on $500,000 bail.
The Americans deny the charges and say they were only hiking in a scenic area of northern Iraq near the Iranian border.
- AP
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This is totally shocking and an awful tragedy for Norway. My heart goes out to the victims families and the survivors. A terrible and horrific loss.
Who is the moron that gave you a thumbs down & why? Scarey & bizarre, totally agree with your sentiments.
This is the country that apart from giving us the Noble Peace Prize, also came up with Peoples’ Peace Prize all those years ago to Betty Williams & Marie Corrigan who didn’t win the Noble Prize and the general population belived that they deserved it and came up with the money themselves.
Why do I know this? My husband is Norweigan and at that time as a very young man he donated his weekly wage to the Prize as did most Norweigans.
This is a very peaceful, beautiful country and this is such a tragedy.
How ironic! So many of us was pointing out to the muslim extemists to blame for this. And this guy turns out to be an anti-muslim.
yeah, reports really jumped to the ‘muslim extremists’ conclusion!
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