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| Iran arrests two fake foreign journalists |
| 2010-10-12 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iran's judiciary front man says Iranian forces have jugged two foreign nationals who under the guise of journalists sought to gather information on a woman convicted of adultery and murder. The two foreigners went to the home of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and conducted an interview with her son, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei said during a weekly press conference on Monday. Authorities were notified by a person close to the family who became suspicious about the foreigners' visit, he said according to a report carried by Mehr news agency. "It turned out that the two people were not journalists -- or that they had no proof for it, and had entered the country as tourists. [They] had asked Ms. Mohammadi's family ... questions," Mohseni-Ejei said. Ashtiani, a mother of two, was found guilty of murdering her husband in collusion with another man, Isa Taheri, who had an affair with the woman. Mohseni-Ejei said the two foreigners, whose nationality was not revealed, were introduced through "an Iranian runaway who resides" in the same country as the two men. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 They're Germans, per the Spiegel, possibly working for Bild am Sonntag. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-12 14:48 |