Iran sets trial date for 3 Americans

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LESTER HOLT, anchor (Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan): News tonight about those American hikers held prisoner in Iran . A new trial date has been set, February 6th . But a top Iranian official now says a deal for their release is possible. They were arrested last year and accused as spies after crossing into Iran . One, Sarah Shourd , was released in September, but two others remain in custody. Now Iran 's top human rights official tells NBC 's Ann Curry that Shourd was not capable of espionage in the first place and her two companions not

Iran sets trial date for 3 Americans

Feb. 6 has been set as the new trial date for Sarah Shourd, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, but a top Iranian official now says a deal for resolving the case is possible. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.

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