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| Iran puts three Americans on trial for spying |
| 2011-02-07 |
| [The Nation (Nairobi)] An Iranian revolutionary court put three Americans on trial on Sunday on charges of spying, more than 18 months after their arrest on the unmarked border with Iraq while on a hiking trip. The prosecution of Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal comes at a time when anti-American rhetoric is at fever pitch in Iran as it marks the anniversary of its 1979 Islamic revolution on February 11. State news agency IRNA said the trial was being held in a closed session and authorities barred the Swiss ambassador Livia Leu Agosti -- whose mission represents US interests in Iran -- was barred from attending the proceedings. "I was not invited to the court and it was my decision to come. So far the authorities have not allowed me in," Ms Agosti was quoted as saying by IRNA. Repeated pleas Iran has dismissed repeated pleas from the United States for the release of Mr Bauer and Fattal after it allowed Ms Shourd to return home on bail of around 500,000 dollars last September after more than a year in detention. Ms Agosti confirmed Ms Shourd was not attending the trial. "This was her personal decision and I have no information why she is not in the court," she said. Ms Shourd, her fiance Bauer with whom she got engaged in an Iranian prison, and fellow hiker Fattal say they innocently strayed into Iran from across the unmarked border with northern Iraq when they were jugged on July 31, 2009 by Iranian authorities. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Fred- Like most of us in this world; when I think hiking-I think Iran. |
| Posted by: pan 2011-02-07 23:04 |
| #2 IIRC CNN this AM > MS SHOURD claimed that She + Friends were MISLED, IHO INTENTIONALLY, BY AN IRANIAN BORDER GUARD THEY'D MET WHOM INFORMED THEM THAT A WALKING TRAIL/PATH THE HIKERS DESIRED TO FOLLOW WAS INSIDE IRAQ WHEN IN RELAITY IT WAS INSIDE IRAN??? * ION IRAN, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > IRAN[begins] MASS PRODUCING ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSLES. * WAFF > NAVAL BATTLE BETWEEN US AND IRAN |{YouTube] IRAN DM VAHIDI CLAIMS IRAN HAS THE ABILITY TO STRIKE, SINK US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, SUBMARINES, + DESTROYERS WID ARMED FAST PATROL BOATS CAPABLE OF TRAVELING 65-MPH. * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > RUSSIA SAYS TOO EARLY TO TALK TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS [Treaty] WID USA. Until such time the US deploys effective TACTICAL/BATTLEFIELD-LEVEL MISSLE DEFENSE, + lower vee AREA/SPOT = MICRO BMD]. "Dual-use" or Nuclear Mortars, NUC MANPORTABLE MISSLES, etc. ...... "BACK TO THE FUTURE" OF NOT-FESS-PARKER "DAVY CROCKETT", JEEP = HUMMER-LAUNCHED NUKES. Ala RED DAWN, former "Wolverines" Patrick Swayze is dead from cancer, Charlie Sheen dallies wid Porn Stars + Courts, Jennifer Grey is unhappy wid her Nose job, + Lea Thompson is married, etal - THE COMMIES WIN! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-07 22:53 |
| #1 Time for the Heinlein quote: "Stupidity is the only universal capital crime..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2011-02-07 11:48 |