Tehran: Iran has cancelled the planned release on Saturday of female US hiker Sarah Shourd due to unresolved legal issues, Tehran's public prosecutor was quoted as saying by ILNA news agency.
"Because the judicial process has not been fulfilled in the mentioned American defendant's case, (her) release has been ruled out," said the prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi.
Commenting on reports about Shourd's expected release on Saturday, he said: "The judiciary does not validate the published news and naturally any decision about the defendants will depend on carrying out the judicial process."
In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran.
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