NO final verdict has been reached for the three American hikers in Iranian custody, Iran's deputy Judiciary Chief is reported as saying. "The three American hikers have been charged and their case is being studied at the Tehran Prosecutor General's Office," Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi is quoted as saying by Iran's state-run Press TV.
US citizens Shane Bauer, a freelance journalist, Sarah Shourd, a teacher and Josh Fattal, an environmentalist, were arrested July 31 this year while on a hike in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The three were traveling on Syrian and Iraqi visas and, according to Iranian officials, crossed the border illegally.
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