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Iran sentences member of nuclear negotiating team to five years in jail
Source: Reuters
Iran sentences member of nuclear negotiating team to five years in jail
Reuters
Wednesday 4 October 2017 19.07 BST
Iranian authorities have sentenced a member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team to five years in jail, Tasnim news agency reported, although it gave no details of the case.
The nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Iran, the United States and five other major powers led to the lifting of most of the international sanctions against Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
But the potential detente with the west has alarmed Iranian hardliners, who have seen a flood of European trade and investment delegations arrive in Tehran to discuss possible deals, according to Iran experts.
Reports last year in the Iranian media said a nuclear negotiator with dual nationality had been arrested after being accused of providing sensitive economic information to Iran’s enemies.
In May, the judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said a member of the negotiating team who was facing espionage charges had been sentenced to a prison term, but added that he could not provide details since the verdict could be appealed.
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Reuters
Wednesday 4 October 2017 19.07 BST
Iranian authorities have sentenced a member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team to five years in jail, Tasnim news agency reported, although it gave no details of the case.
The nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Iran, the United States and five other major powers led to the lifting of most of the international sanctions against Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear programme.
But the potential detente with the west has alarmed Iranian hardliners, who have seen a flood of European trade and investment delegations arrive in Tehran to discuss possible deals, according to Iran experts.
Reports last year in the Iranian media said a nuclear negotiator with dual nationality had been arrested after being accused of providing sensitive economic information to Iran’s enemies.
In May, the judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said a member of the negotiating team who was facing espionage charges had been sentenced to a prison term, but added that he could not provide details since the verdict could be appealed.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/iran-sentences-member-of-nuclear-negotiating-team-to-five-years-in-jail