An American sentenced to 10 years in Iran for spying

Justice spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejeie did not provide any information on the identity of the American nor the date of his arrest, nor did he give details about this inspection mission.

He stressed that there was another nationality.

The American “was identified and arrested by the secret services. He had come for an undercover mission and was sentenced to 10 years in prison”, Mohseni-Ejeie said during a press conference published by state television.

In October 2016 two Iraqi-American citizens, entrepreneur Siamak Namazi and his father Mohammad Bagher Namazi, were sentenced to four others to 10 years in prison for spying on Washington.

The US has requested the immediate release of these two people several times.