US: Government will not contribute to detained American's bail money
Half a million dollars bail stands between American Sarah Shourd and freedom from the Iranian prison where she has been held since July 2009. But the U.S. will play no role in paying it, a State Department spokesman said Monday. "That has been offered by a prosecutor as being one manner to resolve the situation," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters. "But we, the United States government, would not be involved in that action if that action were to be taken." Attorney Massoud Shafii, who is representing the hikers, said ...
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