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Tue, 05/10/2011 - 11:13
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Trial Continues for 3 US Nationals This Week
TEHRAN, May 10 (FNA)- The Iranian judiciary announced that it plans to continue trial of the three American nationals, facing charges of illegal entry into Iran and espionage, this week.
Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said the trial would be held as scheduled on May 11 unless the trio's lawyer Massoud Shafi'I requests the session to be adjourned and his request is accepted by the court.
Asked whether Shourd planned to forfeit her bail and not appear in court on the day of her trial, Mohseni Ejei said it was up to the judge to decide whether to try the 32-year-old in absentia, Iran's state-run TV quoted him as saying on Monday.
Shourd was released on bail of USD 500,000 in September 2010. Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said at the time that the decision was made "because of the detainee's health condition."
According to the suspected spies' attorney, she has not responded to a court summons to return and stand trial.
Shane Michael Bauer, Joshua Felix Fattal, both 28, and Sarah Emily Shourd were arrested on July 31, 2009, after they trespassed the Iranian border from Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Prosecutor Jafari-Dolatabadi later pressed espionage charges against the three, saying he had found "compelling evidence" that the three had been cooperating with US intelligence agencies.
Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei said the trial would be held as scheduled on May 11 unless the trio's lawyer Massoud Shafi'I requests the session to be adjourned and his request is accepted by the court.
Asked whether Shourd planned to forfeit her bail and not appear in court on the day of her trial, Mohseni Ejei said it was up to the judge to decide whether to try the 32-year-old in absentia, Iran's state-run TV quoted him as saying on Monday.
Shourd was released on bail of USD 500,000 in September 2010. Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi said at the time that the decision was made "because of the detainee's health condition."
According to the suspected spies' attorney, she has not responded to a court summons to return and stand trial.
Shane Michael Bauer, Joshua Felix Fattal, both 28, and Sarah Emily Shourd were arrested on July 31, 2009, after they trespassed the Iranian border from Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Prosecutor Jafari-Dolatabadi later pressed espionage charges against the three, saying he had found "compelling evidence" that the three had been cooperating with US intelligence agencies.
