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Iranian Physics Student From UT Gets 10 Years In Jail For Spying
scibri writes "Omid Kokabee, a laser physics graduate student from the University of Texas who has been imprisoned in Tehran for the past 15 months, was sentenced to 10 years in jail on Sunday for allegedly conspiring with foreign countries against Iran. Kokabee was arrested in February 2011 while on a trip home, and charged with 'communicating with a hostile government' (i.e. Israel) and 'illegal earnings.' He has consistently denied the charges, and refused to speak at his trial, where no evidence against him was presented. Several international science groups, including the American Physical Society, have spoken up in his defense, and an online petition has been set up in support."
Oh shit. A fucking online petition. Those Iranian guys a really wishing that they hadn't fucked with that grad student.
If they next imprison a biologist specializing in cold blooded, carnivorous sea fauna, we know what's going on!
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
your espionage card has been revoked, you now have the new terrorist badge. go directly to gitmo