02/07/11

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The trial of three Americans accused of espionage and illegal entry into Iran started in Tehran yesterday behind close doors. Sarah Shourd, her fiance, Josh Fattal, and their friend Shane Bauer were detained by Iranian border guards in July 2009. The three hikers and their families deny the espionage charges and claim they accidentally strayed into Iranian soil while hiking in Iraqi Kurdistan. Ms Shourd was freed on US$500,000 (Dh1.83 million) bail and returned home last September. She is being tried in absentia. Iran's judicial authorities denied access to journalists and members of the public to yesterday's proceedings. The Swiss ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu Agosti, whose embassy has represented US interests in Iran since 1979, told the official Irna news agency that she had gone to the court on her own initiative but had been denied admittance to the trial.

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