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October 30, 2009
Iran Sentences Employee of British Embassy
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
fomenting violence during the unrest.
and legitimate duties.”
entire diplomatic community in Iran.”
Nazila Fathi reported from Toronto and Alan Cowell from Paris.
Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company
thin this week sentenced an Iranian employee of the British Embassy in Tehran, who was arrested after
protests broke out over the country's disputed elections in June, to four years in prison on charges of
In a statement, the embassy denounced the sentence of Hossein Rassam, a political analyst at the embassy .
calling it “deeply concerning” and a sign of “further harassment of embassy staff for going about normal
The statement added that though the sentence could be appealed, it was considered “an attack against the
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