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Описание деятельности компании: Iran charges US hikers with spyingBy Monavar Khalaj in TehranPublished: November 9 2009 16:42 | Last updated: November 9 2009 16:42Iran has charged three US citizens with spying two months after the trio were arrested having walked across the border from neighbouring Iraq, a top judiciary official said On Monday.“Their charge is espionage,” Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran’s prosecutor general told the official IRNA news agency, adding that the results of the ongoing investigation would be announced in the “not-so-distant future”.EDITOR’S CHOICEIranian opposition and police in fresh clashes - Nov-04Tehran reluctant to cede state control - Nov-04Opinion: US needs to cajole Iran - Nov-04Merkel warns Iran against nuclear move - Nov-03Khamenei rejects engagement with US - Nov-03Iran risks overplaying nuclear hand - Nov-02The charges could further sour relations between Iran and the US. Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, immediately called on Tehran to release the three hikers.”We believe strongly that there is no evidence to support any charge whatsoever,” Mrs Clinton said on a visit to Berlin.”And we would renew our request on behalf of these three young people and their families that the Iranian government exercise compassion and release them so they can return home, and we will continue to make that case,” she added.