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2019-09-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Western Couple Travel to Middle East to Prove It ‘Gets a Bad Rap' ‐ End Up in Iranian Prison

h/t Instapundit
A blogger couple who traveled from Australia to Asia and the Middle East in an attempt to "break the stigma" surrounding developing countries was reportedly arrested in Iran.

The duo were recently identified as Jolie King and Mark Firkin, the BBC reported on Thursday. Although the couple was arrested 10 weeks ago near Tehran, it wasn’t until Wednesday that the news became known.
Stupidity is not a crime, but it is a capital offense - old Russian saying

We now have names for this story from a few days ago.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-13 01:37|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 from Darwin?

Posted by Lex 2019-09-13 01:52|| 2019-09-13 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 ^LOL

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-13 01:54|| 2019-09-13 01:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Iranian local news :

Tehran - A spy ring composed of one man and an overexposed woman were detained by authorities. Australian agencies attempting to show Iran in a bad light seem to have inserted the team, posing as an indecent, selfie snapping couple. Items confiscated from them included plastic cases full of dung beetles, expensive bottled water, foreign beer cans with lewd kangaroo pictures, cameras and chewing gum.

Reportedly, their aim was to depict Iran as a 'tourist destination', lax on discipline and total sissies like their own governments.

/sarc

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-13 03:54|| 2019-09-13 03:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I hope no one tries too hard to get these two out.

West is better off

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-09-13 04:15|| 2019-09-13 04:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Now they're a bargaining chip for Iran to use. Let them rot in jail. Westerners keep doing this stupid shit, going to North Korea, Turkey, the Stans, you name it. Search for Pippa Becca who did the same thing, going to prove that the world is a nice place.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-09-13 10:17|| 2019-09-13 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently they were caught flying a drone, making videos, encamped near an IRGC cantonment.

The stoopid meter is in the red. I don't think they'll go back home any time soon.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-13 12:00|| 2019-09-13 12:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Is it possible to have the next Democratic debate in Tehran?

Posted by bbrewer126 2019-09-13 13:06|| 2019-09-13 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 See Erb, was that so hard?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-09-13 15:44|| 2019-09-13 15:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Mark Firkin,
Firkin idiot I'd say.

Posted by Classer 2019-09-13 18:10|| 2019-09-13 18:10|| Front Page Top

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