Families Of Detained Hikers Respond To Spying Charges

The three American hikers who have been detained in Iran for the past 101 days have been charged with espionage. The families of Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal issued the following statement today in response to these charges:

The allegation that our loved ones may have been engaged in espionage is untrue. It is entirely at odds with the people Shane, Sarah and Josh are and with anything that Iran can have learned about them since they were detained on July 31.

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