Trial for U.S. hikers detained in Iran set for February

The ongoing saga continues for two hikers that were captured and charged with espionage on the Iran Iraq border a few months ago. There court date was recently postponed until February 6th. The initial date was set for November 6th. Their attorney, Masoud Shafii, said that he was told the court date was cancelled the first time because the two hikers, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, did not show up to court. This absolutely made no sense to him because the two men that were taken into custody were and are in the governments custody, therefore it is the governments job to bring them to court. Shafii believes that the two men did nothing wrong and it is terrible that they should have to stay in jail for one more day than need be. Instead of it being one day it is now 3 more months than need be. There were 3 hikers at the start of this global issue but the last hiker Sarah Shourd was released on humanitarian grounds. I think this is really weird. The only reason that the government would postpone the court date would be to either torture the two men and keep them in prison longer than they already should have been.

By Nick Santos