American woman arrested in Iran

Source: CNN International

By the CNN Wire Staff
January 6, 2011 -- Updated 15:54 GMT (23:54 HKT)

Iranian customs officials arrested a 55-year-old American woman last week on charges of illegal entry and espionage, the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported on Thursday, citing Iranian authorities.

The officials identified the woman as Hall Talayan. They said she entered Iran from Armenia without a visa and said security forces discovered " 'espionage devices,' such as a microphone implanted in her teeth," Fars reported.

Citing an informed Iranian official, Fars said the woman asked authorities not to return her to Armenia because she feared for her life there.

She was detained in Nordouz, a border town in northwestern Iran, Fars reported.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/06/iran.american.arrest/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

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Article from The Guardian on this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/06/iran-us-woman-spy-charges

– 1 hr 20 mins ago

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran's state television denied on Thursday that border guards had detained an American woman on suspicion of spying.

"This woman tried to enter the country illegally but she was prevented from doing so," Iran's Arabic language television al-Alam quoted an unnamed source as saying, without giving further details.

The semi-official Fars news agency reported earlier in the day that border guards in the town of Nordouz in northwestern Iran had arrested an American woman after she had illegally entered Iran from Armenia.

Fars also said the woman was arrested about a week ago. The state-run daily Iran named the 55-year-old woman as Hall Talayan and said an espionage device was found in her teeth.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110106/wl_nm/us_iran_us_arrest

Well, if she's free and not in Iran we should hear from her shortly, shouldn't we? :shrug:

Microphone implanted in her teeth? I thought only conspiracy theorist schizophrenics had those. What good could it possibly be?

j.k. :)