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1st LD: Iran hangs nuclear scientist on espionage charges

Xinhua, August 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

Iran's Judiciary on Sunday confirmed the execution of Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri on espionage charges, state IRIB TV reported.

"This person had access to the classified information of the establishment and had availed them to the enemy," Iran's Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei told reporters.

"He was tried in the competent courts and was sentenced to death," Mohseni Ejei was quoted as saying. Endit