(RFE/RL) May 2, 2006 -- Iranian Justice Minister Jamal Karimi-Rad said today that an Iranian court has jailed two Swedes for three years for spying.
The pair had appeared on April 22 before a Revolutionary Court in the Persian Gulf port of Bandar Abbas, charged with taking pictures of military sites, naval facilities, and telecommunication posts on the island of Qeshm.
(AFP, Reuters)
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