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Will the two U.S. hikers be free after the verdict?
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Settled on 08/20/2011 11:00 Settled by
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Many observers hope that Iranian authorities will release Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, both 28, as a goodwill gesture at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Their lawyer, Masoud Shafei, said he was optimistic they would be sentenced to time served and released.
"The hearing officially finished, so according to law, the judge has to issue a verdict within a week," he told the Los Angeles Times. "I do hope the verdict will be a two-year sentence, and that means immediate release."
He said the court proceedings went well and that his clients were allowed to defend themselves and plead not guilty.
Bauer, a freelance journalist, Fattal and Sarah Shourd, all UC Berkeley graduates, were arrested by Iranian authorities while hiking in the scenic mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan, adjacent to the Iranian border. Shourd was released last year on $500,000 bail, and was tried in absentia on Sunday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-hikers-20110801,0,2797444.story
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