Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Lawyer for 2 Americans held in Iran back in court (AP)

TEHRAN, Iran ? The lawyer for two Americans jailed as spies in Iran is back in court seeking a second judge's signature on a bail deal that could free them.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were detained along Iran-Iraq border in 2009. Iran's courts have considered a deal to lift their eight-year prison sentences and release them on $500,000 bail each.

Their Iranian attorney, Masoud Shafiei, says he is in court waiting for the expected arrival Tuesday of a judge whose signature on the bail papers is key. The deal had been held up because the judge was on vacation.

The two Americans deny wrongdoing. Their families say they were just hiking in northern Iraq's scenic and relatively peaceful Kurdish region when they may have accidentally strayed over the unmarked border with Iran.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iran/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110920/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us_hikers

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