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muriel_volestrangler

(106,533 posts) Sun May 19, 2013, 07:36 AM May 2013

Iran hangs two men for spying for Israel and US [View all]

Source: BBC

Iran has hanged two men convicted of spying for Israel and the US, the authorities there have said.

Mohammad Heydari was found guilty of passing intelligence on "security issues and national secrets" to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for cash.

Kourosh Ahmadi was convicted of providing intelligence to the CIA, Tehran's prosecutor's office said.
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It is not clear when Heydari and Ahmadi were arrested or where they were tried.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22586238

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Iran hangs two men for spying for Israel and US [View all] muriel_volestrangler May 2013 OP

wow there citizens have fewer rights than detainies at gitmo arely staircase May 2013 #1

At least they were tried, our Prisoners in GITMO can not even get that happyslug May 2013 #9

we don't know whether there was a trial or not and if there was arely staircase May 2013 #13

"convicted." nt kelliekat44 May 2013 #17

The scam continues jessie04 May 2013 #2

+1. All it take is for a couple of basiji to say you said something, or did something, and you're MADem May 2013 #3

I'm looking forward to this regime having nukes MannyGoldstein May 2013 #4

So true jessie04 May 2013 #7

Of course neither Israel nor the US would have spies in Iran. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #5

How can we expect Iran to treat us and our allies? socialsecurityisAAA May 2013 #6

You hit the nail on the head nlomb269 May 2013 #10

The blame the UN leftynyc May 2013 #11

You obviously haven't been to Iran telclaven May 2013 #12

They lynched two Iranian citizens, not Americans or Israelis. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #14

You can't tell, but the regime is brutal in the extreme Yo_Mama May 2013 #8

Just like a dictatorship would never make bogus accusations geek tragedy May 2013 #15

Such faithful obedience is inspiring. Nuclear Unicorn May 2013 #16

I guess spying and turning over your country's secrets to foreign agents is ok with DUers? Then kelliekat44 May 2013 #18

What make you guess that? muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #19