Even if Sarah Shourd, a U.S. citizen previously detained in Iran, does not return from the United States to Iran, a trial will take place, the ILNA news agency quoted Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dovlatabadi as saying today.
Shourd was freed on bail by the Iranian Revolutionary Court in September due to health reasons.
Shourd, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were arrested on July 31, 2009 after illegally entering Iranian territory.