Iran Jails Two Swedes For Spying

(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)