In Iran is a U.S. citizen have been fixed. A state newspaper reported the woman was arrested on suspicion of espionage have. Over a state television this is now denied by the authorities: the woman had merely seek to enter illegally. Tehran - The data are contradictory: In Iran is a U.S. citizen have been arrested, but the circumstances are still unclear.At first, the Iranian state newspaper "Iran" reported on Thursday, a U.S. citizen had been arrested in the Islamic Republic. According to the report is a 55-year-old woman who tried to cross illegally the border with Iran. Then it was on, the authorities had discovered that the woman had a "microphone in the teeth" and carried with them other spying devices have.
The semi-official Fars news agency had reported that the reason for the arrest was a suspicion of espionage. This was later state of a second medium, the television station al-Alam denied. Further details were not disclosed. In 2009 i was arrested on the border with Iraq, three U.S. citizens, a woman and two men under suspicion of espionage.
The woman came in September against the payment of a deposit of $ 500,000 back to the U.S.. The two men are awaiting their trial. Relations between Iran and Western nations like the U.S. are tense over Iran's nuclear program.
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