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.