Inquiry on 2 U.S. detainees is complete
Iran’s judicial authorities have completed their investigation of two detained Iranian Americans, a senior official said.
“The two have some written work to do and then the decision will be made about them,” Tehran Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Haddad told the news agency IRNA. He did not specify what he meant by “written work.”
Last month, Iranian TV aired “confessions” by Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh, which the Foreign Ministry said revealed a plot to topple Iran’s clerical regime.
The United States denounced the broadcast and urged Tehran to release the two.
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