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Iran charges UK embassy staffer

Source: Al Jazeera

Tehrān : Iran | 5 months ago

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A detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Iran has been charged with acting against Iran's national security, his lawyer has said. Abdolsamad Khorramshi, who is representing Hossein Rassam, said on Saturday that his client was being held in Evin prison in Tehran, the capital. "The...

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