Embassy employee in Iran charged
Updated on 04 July 2009
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.
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