The Iranian authorities accused two arrested German journalists in espionage against the Islamic Republic, says Spiegel. The journalists had been arrested after they had tried to have an interview with the son of Iranian citizen Sakine Aschtiani, who had been sentenced to death through lapidation for marital betrayal.
On Monday, November 15, the journalists were broadcasted on TV and said that they “accept their mistakes”. The AFP agency says, the voice of journalists could not be heard and the translator claimed that it was all Mina Ahadi’s fault, who is the press-secretary of anti-lapidation committee in Germany.
The Iranian authorities accuse the journalists in entering the country with tourist visas but intended to work as journalists.
Source. http://www.lenta.ru/news/2010/11/16/spionage/
The Iranian authorities accused two arrested German journalists in espionage against the Islamic Republic, says Spiegel. The journalists had been arrested after they had tried to have an interview with the son of Iranian citizen Sakine Aschtiani, who had been sentenced to death through lapidation for marital betrayal.
On Monday, November 15, the journalists were broadcasted on TV and said that they “accept their mistakes”. The AFP agency says, the voice of journalists could not be heard and the translator claimed that it was all Mina Ahadi’s fault, who is the press-secretary of anti-lapidation committee in Germany.
The Iranian authorities accuse the journalists in entering the country with tourist visas but intended to work as journalists.