US nationals' lawyer vows to use legal capacities to help clients
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
1390/05/30
08-21-2011
15:58:53
News Code :9005-19910
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Lawyer of the three US nationals said Sunday he would use entire legal capacities to vindicate rights of his clients.
Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said in a press conference on Sunday each of the US nationals was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
"Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer each was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment," Dolatabadi said.
"I went to the Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court and I received the verdict certifying that each of my clients has been sentenced to 8 years in prison," Masoud Shafiei told ISNA.
The lawyer said he could appeal the sentence.
The fourth and final hearing session of the three US nationals Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal and Sarah Shourd was held July 31 in Tehran. While Sarah Shourd, released last September on bail and returned home was absent.
The three Americans were detained in July 2009 due to illegal entry into Iranian territory.
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News Code: 9005-19910
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