The questionable President Of Iran, Ahmadinejad, said the three hikers detained in Iran, all of which are U.S. citizens, may be swapped.
All three hikers have been charged with spying. Ahmadinejad said they may be swapped with jailed Iranians in the United States.
He also said:
“We do not like to have any person in jail. Some discussions are going on to swap the three with jailed Iranians in America,” Ahmadinejad told state television. He did not clarify whether the discussions were held with U.S. officials. The three were detained after they strayed into Iran from northern Iraq at the end of July, further complicating relations between Tehran and Washington that were already deadlocked over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran said last year it believed 11 Iranians were being detained in the United States, including a missing nuclear scientist and a former deputy defense minister who disappeared in 2007.
Iran has said that the three Americans would be put on trial, without giving a date.
