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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."
spies for the Jews, the sworn enemy of his desert homeland !! Next time, DON'T GET CAUGHT !!
How on earth did this get modded up? This is so far away from the US that it's laughable that this would not be modded down into oblivion — even on slashdot.
Oh, I forgot — this is where people somehow don't realize that there is an actual difference between the West and actual tyranny and oppression in the world.
Yeah, it's weird how people who have been suspected of espionage against the United States don't get trials.
Oh, wait... :-/
It sounds like the trial-less imprisonment here in the US. He's a "terrorist" and doesn't deserve a (fair) trial.
Well, except he is Iranian, and was arrested in Iran, had a trial in a Iranian civilian court, and is imprisoned in Iran.
Other than that, sure it's totally like all those people imprisoned in the US without trial.