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US says hikers jailed in Iran should come home

By REUTERS

AUGUST 20, 2011 18:59

WASHINGTON - The United States said on Saturday it was trying to confirm an Iranian TV report that two US citizens held by Iran were jailed for eight years for spying and it reiterated its call for their release.

"We have repeatedly called for the release of Shane Bauer and Joshua Fattal, who have now been held in Iran's Evin prison for two years. Shane and Josh have been imprisoned too long, and it is time to reunite them with their families," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said in a statement.

Iranian TV reported that the two Americans were sentenced to three years in prison for illegal entry and five years for spying. They have 20 days to appeal, it said.

Bauer and Fattal, were arrested on July 31, 2009 near Iran's border with Iraq, along with a third American, Sarah Shourd, who was freed on $500,000 bail in September 2010 and returned home.

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