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Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman enters news conference and approaches podium   2. Close of cameraman 3. Wide of news conference4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi)...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP TELEVISION - No Access VOA Persian / No Access BBC Persian\u003cbr/\u003e1. Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman enters news conference and approaches podium   \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of cameraman \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Judicial officials have announced the date of their (the three American hikers) trial and it is natural that all three of them attend trial and judicial officials will deal with the case of Ms Sara Shourd in terms of her appearing or not appearing in the court according to the bail she has put up.\"   \u003cbr/\u003e5. Pan of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman:\u003cbr/\u003e\"According to the law of our country this person (Zahra Bahrami) had Iranian citizenship and she had never taken any action to strip herself of Iranian citizenship. Therefore, the court and judiciary officials dealt with her according to the rights of an Iranian citizen. It is unacceptable that Dutch officials intervene in the case of an Iranian citizen and her judicial process. We never let any country have such interference.\"    \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Since the waves of peoples' movements in some Middle Eastern and north African countries is aimed at gaining independence and getting rid of exploiting powers' dominance, it will not definitely serve the interests of these (western) countries. That is why we witness a sort of dizziness and wondering in the foreign policies of them (western powers) and they keep uttering contradictory statements because of the fast developments. Because they have not been able to stop such movements, now they are trying to divert the direction of the movements.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of Mehmanparast speaking at the podium  \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ramin Mehmanparast, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The case of two German citizens is going through its legal process and I hope the legal process and investigations come to an end very soon so that their case is wrapped up.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Low angle of Mehmanparast at podium \u003cbr/\u003eAn Iranian foreign ministry spokesman confirmed on Tuesday the imminent trial of three American hikers. \u003cbr/\u003eRamin Mehmanparast said all three US citizens, including an American woman who was released on bail in September and returned to the United States, will be put on trial, although he did not specify when.\u003cbr/\u003eIran's judiciary has summoned Sarah Shroud to return to the country and stand trial on February 6 along with the two other Americans still in custody and accused of spying after crossing the border from Iraq, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday.\u003cbr/\u003eTheir families say the Americans were just intrepid travellers out on a hike in northern Iraq's scenic - and relatively peaceful - Kurdish region when they were arrested on July 31, 2009.\u003cbr/\u003eThe US government has denied the charges against them and demanded their release. \u003cbr/\u003eTheir lengthy detention has added to tensions between the two nations over other issues, including Iran's disputed nuclear programme.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter her release, Shourd said in an interview with the New York Times that the three inadvertently crossed the unmarked border because a guard of unknown nationality gestured for them to approach.\u003cbr/\u003eA Revolutionary Court in Tehran has summoned Shourd to return and stand trial, said judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi in remarks carried on the state news agency, IRNA.\u003cbr/\u003eHer fiance, Shane Bauer, and their friend Josh Fattal remain in prison in Iran. \u003cbr/\u003eShourd, from Oakland, California, has not disclosed any plans to return for trial. \u003cbr/\u003eShe did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking comment on Monday. \u003cbr/\u003eSamantha Topping, a publicist for the Americans' families, said they were aware of the reports but had no plans for immediate comment.\u003cbr/\u003eIran has warned it will seize the 500-thousand US dollars bail if she does not return. \u003cbr/\u003eWho provided the bail money that was paid as part of a deal brokered by the Gulf sultanate of Oman has never been clear.\u003cbr/\u003eEjehi, who is also Iran's state prosecutor, said the trial date, already postponed before, could be delayed again if the lawyer for the defendants requests more time.\u003cbr/\u003eInitially, Tehran accused the three Americans only of illegally crossing into Iran, but later added espionage charges. \u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities have given few details to support the accusations.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Monday, eight international figures, including actor Sean Penn, American academic Noam Chomsky and retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, issued an appeal for Iran to release the two men. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The time for Shane and Josh's freedom is overdue and we implore you to allow them to go free and return to their families,\" the statement said.\u003cbr/\u003eMehmanparast also commented on the Dutch government's freezing of official contacts with Iran to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman.\u003cbr/\u003eIran's ambassador to the Netherlands was informed of the sanctions after he confirmed reports that Zahra Bahrami, 45, was executed in Tehran on Saturday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe spokesman said Iran would never allow any country to interfere in Iran's judicial procedures. \u003cbr/\u003eIranian state television reported Bahrami was hanged for possessing and selling drugs. \u003cbr/\u003eThe report said that initially Bahrami was arrested for committing \"security crimes,\" but it did not say what became of that case. \u003cbr/\u003eBahrami had been jailed in Iran since December 2009 after protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. \u003cbr/\u003eProtesters took to the streets, saying the vote was marred by fraud and that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was the rightful winner.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Iranian Embassy, in a statement late on Saturday, described Bahrami as a member of an international drug trafficking ring, who travelled on Dutch, Iranian and Spanish passports with different personal information.\u003cbr/\u003eIt said Bahrami - who was born in Iran, but gained Dutch citizenship after moving to the Netherlands - was accorded the legal rights of an Iranian citizen, but that Tehran does not recognise dual nationality.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a wide ranging news conference Mehmanparast also commented on the ongoing protests and political turmoil in Tunisia and Egypt.  \u003cbr/\u003e\"We witness a sort of dizziness and wondering in the foreign policies of them (western powers) and they keep uttering contradictory statements because of the fast developments,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd he commented on the case of two German journalists who remain in custody in Iran. 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