Iranian State-Run Television Shows Footage of 2 Detained Iranian-Americans

[demoleft]

Source: AP

Two Iranian-Americans detained here on national security charges appeared Monday for the first time on state television, with one saying in a brief video clip that his foundation may have targeted "the world of Islam."

State TV said the video clips were a preview for a longer program titled "Under the Name of Democracy" that will air later this week.

Relatives and employers of Esfandiari and Tajbakhsh denounced the videos, saying they were coerced and illegitimate.Family members, colleagues and employers of the four Iranian-Americans deny the allegations. The U.S. government has demanded that they be released.

In one of the video clips, Tajbakhsh, 45, is shown reading from a piece of paper. "The role of the Soros foundation might have been targeting the world of Islam," he says.



Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAN_US_DETAINED_AMERICANS?SITE=INKEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

---

Human Rights groups worry about the health of the prisoners.
Iranians accuse USA for organizing spy rings in the Country. Bush denies and accuses Iran...

I call it escalation...and worry more than a bit.

[ohio2007]

1. wooosh...right under the radar

this story about the Soros Foundation spy ring that targets the paranoid mullahs is going to wither on the vine

[demoleft]

2. Probably so. But every day seems to bring something to fuel the fire...

[ohio2007]

3. Iranian state run TV will be running a program about this very soon

Confessions of "spies" or something that incriminates the prisoners