US will not pay bail for jailed hiker: State Department
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government will not pay prison bail for American hiker Sarah Shourd, who Iran says it will release on health grounds in exchange for 500,000 dollars, the State Department said Monday. "The United States government does not fund prisoner bail," State Department spokesman Phillip Crowley told reporters, reiterating the standard US policy. "We in the United States government would not be involved in that action, if that action were to be taken." Shourd, arrested along with fellow hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal in ...
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