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Iran ex-nuclear official 'gave
secrets to British embassy'
AFP
Wednesday November 14, 2007
A former Iranian nuclear official briefly imprisoned
earlier this year has been charged with giving classified information
to the British embassy, the intelligence minister said Wednesday.
Hossein Moussavian, a close ally of former president Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani, was released on bail after his detention in May but
his case is not closed.
"His charge is giving information to foreigners, including
the British embassy, contrary to the country's security and interests,"
Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie told the Fars
news agency.
"This accusation is proven in the eyes of the intelligence
ministry," he said, accusing unnamed "influential people"
of trying to interfere in the case and seek Moussavian's acquittal.
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Moussavian's name returned to prominence this week when an angry
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused his critics of "pressuring
the judge to acquit a spy" in a security case.
Ahmadinejad did not mention Moussavian by name but observers
saw the remarks as an unmistakable reference to the former nuclear
official.
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