Iran sentences four men for spying for US and UK
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from on (#4RJG5)
One man sentenced to death and others receive long sentences in further blow to efforts to calm US-Iranian tensions
Iranian courts have sentenced one man to death for spying for the US and jailed two others for 10 years for the same crime, as well as imprisoning a fourth person for six years for spying for Britain, an Iranian judiciary spokesman has said.
"One person has been sentenced to death for spying for America " but the ruling has been appealed," Gholamhossein Esmaili told the judiciary's news website, Mizan, on Tuesday.
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