Iran's nuclear negotiator 'spied'

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Saturday, 5 May 2007, 13:46 GMT 14:46 UK

Iran's nuclear negotiator 'spied'
By Frances Harrison
BBC News, Tehran

A former top Iranian nuclear negotiator arrested on Monday is
to be charged with spying, Iran's conservative Fars news agency
has suggested.

It quotes an unnamed source saying that Hossein Mousavian is
to be charged with espionage relating to nuclear affairs.

Tehran's public prosecutor has confirmed that Mr Mousavian is
being held in prison.

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Fars quotes the source saying that Mr Mousavian is to be charged
in a Revolutionary court.

Earlier, the Tehran public prosecutor told the Iranian media that
the charges against Mr Mousavian would only be announced once
the investigation was finished and the final verdict given.

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