News you may have missed #332
April 19, 2010 Leave a comment
- How US weapons technology is finding its way to Iran. The recent arrest of Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand in France reveals interesting aspects of the ongoing weapons technology shadow war between the US and Iran. Last month, Italian authorities busted another Iranian spy ring engaged in illicit weapons technology transfer.
- US lawyers seek illegal wiretapping damages. Two American lawyers involved in the al-Haramain case, who were illegally wiretapped under the Bush administration’s STELLAR WIND program, have sued the US government for $612,000 in damages, plus legal fees for their attorneys.
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Was release of French ‘spy’ part of Iranian-French deal? [updated]
May 18, 2010 by intelNews Leave a comment
Majid Kakavand
By JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org |
This blog has closely monitored the case of Clotilde Reiss, a French language assistant who was arrested in Iran last year on accusations of being a ‘nuclear spy’. Despite the obviously nonsensical nature of the allegations, Reiss, a 25-year-old Farsi-speaking French-language assistant at the University of Isfahan, was forced to confess to her ‘crime’ on Iranian television. Last August, however, after spending nearly two months in the notorious Evin prison complex, Reiss was released on bail, on condition that she would remain confined inside the walls of the French embassy compound in Tehran. Then, last weekend, her ten-year prison sentence was suddenly commuted to a fine of $285,000, and she was able to return home to France on Sunday. Why the sudden change of heart on the part of Tehran? Read more of this post
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