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Embassy employee in Iran charged


04.07.09

The lawyer of a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran said his client had been charged with "acting against national security".

Lawyer Abdolsamad Khorramshahi said his client was being held in Evin prison and would in all likelihood stand trial soon.

The lawyer identified his client as Hossein Rassam, the embassy's chief political analyst, and said he had not yet been able to meet him or see the text of the indictment.

In June Iran arrested nine local members of the British embassy staff, saying they were involved in post-election unrest.

Iranian news agencies said all but one had since been released.

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