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| Virtual embassy, US trap to recruit spies |
| 2011-12-12 |
| [Iran Press TV] Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says the Washington's move to set up a virtual embassy for the Iranians is a trap for espionage. "Those who might be deceived by the website of this virtual embassy must be warned that this (initiative to open a virtual embassy) is a form of bait to entrap them for spying," IRNA quoted Moslehi as saying on Sunday. Moslehi said the website follows the same line as the former US Embassy in Iran, adding that an embassy can only be established with the approval of both countries involved. He went on to say that the opening of an embassy has different stages and what the Americans propose as a virtual embassy is invalid. The virtual US embassy for Iranians went online on December 6 more than three decades after the closure of the US diplomatic mission in Tehran. On November 4, 1979, a group of revolutionary Iranian university students, who described themselves as 'Students Following the Line of Imam [Khomeini],' took over the US Embassy in Tehran, insisting that it had turned into a hub of active espionage and scheming aimed at overthrowing the nascent Islamic Theocratic Republicestablishment. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 On November 4, 1979, a group of revolutionary Iranian university students...took over the US Embassy in Tehran So how's that whole Islamic Revolution thingie working out for youse guys? An Islamic paradise? Peace and prosperity for everyone? Or is the whole thing starting to feel a little scratchy after 30 years of the same old same old. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-12-12 03:38 |