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Shourd: Guard Gestured for American Hikers to Enter Iran

(Nov. 1) -- Sarah Shourd says she and her two hiking companions crossed an unmarked border into Iran only because an armed border guard gestured to them to approach. "He pointed to the ground and said 'Iran' and pointed to the trail we had been on before he waved to us, then said 'Iraq,'" Shourd told The New York Times in...

Iran: Jailed US Hikers Face Spy Trial

(Oct. 20) -- Two American hikers jailed in Iran for more than a year on spying allegations will go on trial there next month, according to their lawyer and families. Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd were arrested in July 2009 after they strayed across the unmarked border separating Iran from Iraq's northern...

Freed Iran Hiker Makes Plea for Fiance

MUSCAT, Oman (Sept. 18) - An American woman released from Iran after more than 13 months in custody began her journey back to the United States on Saturday after asking her supporters to "extend your prayers" to her fiance and another American man who remain in Tehran accused of spying. In a brief statement, Sarah Shourd...

Iran Bail Decision on American Stirs Backlash

TEHRAN, Iran (Sept. 13) -- Iran's internal battles over the handling of American detainee Sarah Shourd flared again Monday as the mouthpiece of the powerful Revolutionary Guard led the backlash against a decision to free her on $500,000 bail. The criticism by Guard-linked Fars news agency and others - including one...

Iran Says It Will Free Just 1 of 3 American Hikers

(Sept. 9) -- Iran said today it will release Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers it has been holding for more than a year on allegations of espionage. Shourd, 31, will be released "very soon," Mohammed Bak Sahraei, a spokesman for the Iranian mission to the United Nations, told AOL News. He declined to give further...