Iran to try 3 Americans who crossed Iraqi border

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press Americans Shane Bauer, left, and Sarah Shourd are seen in this undated image. Iran said Monday it would try Bauer, Shourd and Josh Fattal, who were detained by Iranian authorities after crossing an unmarked border from northern Iraq in July.

TEHRAN, Iran—Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an increasingly bitter standoff with the West over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did not say when the trial woul...

Published: 12/15/2009