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Summary Iran has decided to postpone judicial decision of releasing two US citizens.
Press TV on Wednesday said two Americans arrested two years ago while hiking in Iran will not be released. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal were sentenced in Iran last month to eight years in prison.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told U.S. media on Tuesday (September 13) that they would be freed in a couple of days, in what he called a humanitarian gesture shortly before he travels to the United Nations. The judiciary on Wednesday said Bauer and Fattals release on bail was under review.The lawyer for the two Americans said on Tuesday they would be released on 500,000 U.S. Dollars (USD) bail each.The pair were arrested in July 2009 near Irans border with Iraq, where they say they were hiking in the mountains as tourists, along with a third American, Sarah Shourd.Washington has denied they were spies. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was encouraged by Ahmadinejads remarks.
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