Press TV - The British Council has confirmed one of its employees has been convicted and jailed in Iran for espionage charges. Head of the British cultural organization Ciarn Devane said in a statement on Tuesday that Aras Amiri, a32-year-old employee of the London-based Council, had been sentenced to 10 years in prison in Iran more than a year ...

IRNA � Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaeeli said on Monday that an Iranian national got a 10-year prison term over spying charges for UK. Esmaeeli said the Iranian national was in charge of Iran Desk of British Council and was cooperating with the UK intelligence service. He did not give the name of the suspect.

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: An Iranian fertility expert accused of working with foreign "espionage networks" to downplay the country's population crisis has been arrested, state news agency IRNA confirmed on Sunday. It did not give details of the charges, but quoted a lawyer who named the expert as Meimanat Hosseini Chavoshi. She is listed by the ...

IRNA A spy has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment in the city of Mashad, Deputy Attorney of Khorasan Razavi for political and security affairs said. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday, Hassan Heidari said the sixty-year-old convict has been working for foreign intelligence services. Heidari declined to further ...

Press TV - Tens of spies have been identified and arrested throughout various government organizations, says Iran's intelligence minister. Mahmoud Alavi made the announcement on Tuesday, while noting that most of these detained individuals had dual nationality. "The Intelligence Ministry's anti-espionage division is one of its most powerful ...

AP An unnamed British-Iranian national has been sentenced to six years in prison on spying charges, the official news agency of Irans judiciary reported Sunday, the latest dual national convicted in the country. Mizan news agency quoted Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announcing the sentencing, though he did not elaborate on what the ...

IRNA � Hormuzgan Border Commander at Hormuzgan colonel Ali Mirshamsi said on Wednesday that two spies under the guise of tourist were arrested at Abu Musa Island in the second half of the Iranian year. The arrested spies are Iranian nationals and were equipped with espionage apparatus. They were arrested by the Iranian border guards.