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208845
Thu, 09/22/2011 - 14:05
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Iran releases two U.S. citizens
TEHRAN, Sept. 22 (MNA) – Two U.S. citizens, who were arrested in Iran in 2009, were released on Wednesday on bail of $500,000 each.
They were handed over to a delegation of Omani mediators and the Swiss ambassador to Iran. They left Tehran for Muscat.
Iran and the United States do not have diplomatic relations and the Swiss Embassy in Tehran hosts the U.S. Interests Section in Iran.
U.S. citizens Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Joshua Fattal were arrested by border guards on July 31, 2009 after illegally entering Iran’s territory from Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The three were charged with illegal entry and espionage.
Shourd was released from prison on bail of $500,000 on September 14, 2010 and never returned to Iran. Her case is still open.
On August 22, Bauer and Fattal were sentenced to three years in prison for illegal entry into Iran. They were also sentenced to five years in prison on charges of espionage for a U.S. intelligence agency.
They were handed over to a delegation of Omani mediators and the Swiss ambassador to Iran. They left Tehran for Muscat.
Iran and the United States do not have diplomatic relations and the Swiss Embassy in Tehran hosts the U.S. Interests Section in Iran.
U.S. citizens Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer, and Joshua Fattal were arrested by border guards on July 31, 2009 after illegally entering Iran’s territory from Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The three were charged with illegal entry and espionage.
Shourd was released from prison on bail of $500,000 on September 14, 2010 and never returned to Iran. Her case is still open.
On August 22, Bauer and Fattal were sentenced to three years in prison for illegal entry into Iran. They were also sentenced to five years in prison on charges of espionage for a U.S. intelligence agency.
