U.S. hikers jailed for "spying"

Two handed eight-year prison sentence

BBC: Two US hikers accused of spying and illegally entering Iran have been jailed for eight years by a court in Tehran, reports say. Iranian state TV's website said Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal each received three years for illegally entering Iran and five years for spying. The two men deny the charges, saying they unknowingly crossed into the country while hiking in July 2009. Fellow hiker Sarah Shourd was freed on $500,000 (£314,386) bail last year >>>

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BoosBoos

Oh yeah, Osama was also a *hiker* ...

by BoosBoos on Sat Aug 20, 2011 03:09 PM PDT

They weren't *hikers* ... they were operatives; that's clear. There's more than a reasonable suspicion (probable cause) to believe that what they were doing was wrong.  Further adding to their dilemma is that the US and Israel sponsor PJAK and MEK along that same border to carry out terror activites.  If the situation was reversed, the U.S. would do the same.  

 

Justice = Equal Application of the Law; Not propaganda for creating phony human rights complaints (which then detract from real human rights complaints).  


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Oon Yaroo

If Obama had the same, you know what, as G W Bush, he

by Oon Yaroo on Sat Aug 20, 2011 02:50 PM PDT

would give to the IRR no more than 24 hours to release and return the American hikers.

Else, US Air Force and US NAVY would transform IRR into the stone age!


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sat Aug 20, 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Wrong video! This video is old news.....at least 2 weeks old!


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maziar 58

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by maziar 58 on Sat Aug 20, 2011 02:22 PM PDT

baba 100 rahmat be amrikaye jahan khaar.

we get 1000 and 1000 of mexicans crossing the border INTENTIONALY and every body knows that.

once they're caught thy'll tranport them bak to mexico with salavat and a mug shot the 2nd time they're caught cann't get in for 10 yrs!! but they all come back and risk another deportation their only motive $$

Maziar


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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

And they call this justice?????

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Sat Aug 20, 2011 01:30 PM PDT

I hate IRI, such a disgrace ad source of pain and embarrassment!

They unlawfully crossed a border (and not intentionally)... agreed... the rest you made up and have zero proof of any of the allegations you made.

Justice based on no evidence is a joke.


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