Why would three hiking Americans be anywhere near that part of the world knowing how well Americans are "loved" there? These three clowns are more along the lines of the Israeli art students in the US. They are spies.
Foley, if you came to u.s or even europe or perhaps even china could you be detained for it? should you?
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They might have been spies, or not. Do you have any evidence either way? They probably did violate Iran's national laws by trespassing, but that's all I know.
http://shanebauer.net/ Statement of Shon Meckfessel (his agency hired Bauer) on Missing U.S. Hikers http://www.freethehikers.org/ They aren't casual tourists- aspiring journalists perhaps. That doesn't make them spies. Considering that they show no tradecraft, the espionage accusations are laughable. This will get sorted out / they will be released as soon as the Iranian government gets an opening.
I like it, but it's bullshit. Request it cessed from here, if you see no entertainment value in the woo-woo hypothesis.