25 February 2018
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian security forces have detained three more environmental activists on spying charges, the judiciary said on Sunday, weeks after a first wave of arrests and the death in detention of an Iranian-Canadian head of a wildlife group.
“Three people were recently arrested in (southern) Hormozgan province. I cannot legally give details now … but there is no doubt that infiltration by the United States and Israel is a serious matter,” said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, quoted by the semi-official Fars news agency.
After the earlier arrests, Iranian officials said the activists were gathering sensitive information under the guise of scientific and environmental activities.
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