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Iran executes British-Iranian national for spying

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Iran takes spying seriously. Was the $50k enough?

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Torture anyone long enough and they will say anything, admit anything even when they did nothing, just to get the pain to stop. They presented no proof other than a confession while under torture. A complete set up and an innocent man is dead. An example for other nations to follow? A horrific thought.

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Iran takes spying seriously. Was the $50k enough?

Really now? I've heard of "cherry-picking" but this? Take a look at the numbers to the "left" of the 50K, that is if you can.

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Spying, like terrorism has some career consequences.

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The bloodlust of the mullahs is insatiable. I long for some future justice on earth before Iran's sadistic, sanctimonious black-robed tyrants go to the devil.

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Had an Iranian student once. He'd been contacted by a "company" in Colorado that my Net sleuthing connected with the CIA. "Not worth my life," he noted sagely. Fortunately, we're still in touch - and he is still alive in Iran.

Sometimes, being a language instructor goes beyond.

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The way you know this fellow was not a spy is this, any British spies in Iran are working under diplomatic cover and as a result have diplomatic immunity. Nations with spies operating inside an adversary nation do this so their spies cannot be arrested, tortured and executed. At worst they can be declared "persona non grata" and expelled. I do not think the Brits are foolish enough to send someone to a nation as hostile as Iran to spy without the protection of being part of their official diplomatic delegation.

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And you thought 'big data' was only of use to corporations trying to convince you to spend, and political parties trying to decide if they wanted you to vote.

But it can also be used to identify spies (though he would probably be deemed a 'source' by the intelligence officer who ran him) even if they've basically gone 'dark' (not in a position that gets access to sensitive information any more, but still someone who can provide a car, or a ro

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u_s__reamerToday  03:58 pm JST

The bloodlust of the mullahs is insatiable. I long for some future justice on earth before Iran's sadistic, sanctimonious black-robed tyrants go to the devil

leftists/democrats will get there. You can bet on it.

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Desert tortoise....

The way you know this fellow was not a spy is this, any British spies in Iran are working under diplomatic cover and as a result have diplomatic immunity. Nations with spies operating inside an adversary nation do this so their spies cannot be arrested, tortured and executed. At worst they can be declared "persona non grata" and expelled. I do not think the Brits are foolish enough to send someone to a nation as hostile as Iran to spy without the protection of being part of their official diplomatic delegation.

Partly correct but there have been numerous cases of journalists, academics, photographers, students, businessmen and tourists recruited as "spies". Its not all James Bond stuff.

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R I P

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Wow, serious punishment for betraying his motherland.

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Score another one for torture! Close to a 100% confession rate.

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The bloodlust of the mullahs is insatiable. I long for some future justice on earth before Iran's sadistic, sanctimonious black-robed tyrants go to the devil

leftists/democrats will get there. You can bet on it.

This is more republican behavior than democrat's by far! Next we all will be seeing repub's in white hoods riding all over the place too! You can bet on it! Republicans have "blood lust" and "hate"

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Partly correct but there have been numerous cases of journalists, academics, photographers, students, businessmen and tourists recruited as "spies". Its not all James Bond stuff.

He was a former Deputy Defense Minister and before that was part of a team that negotiated the end of the Iran Iraq war. He quit politics after his term as Deputy Defense Minister and moved to the UK where he took UK citizenship. I suppose anything else alleged is just an excuse to kill him. Some will say Iran was using his arrest and threat of execution to get favorable conditions out of the nuclear talks. Who knows if that is the case or not.

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Score another one for torture! Close to a 100% confession rate.

Something we were taught in our POW training was that under torture everyone breaks. Everyone. Most crack in under an hour. They used to teach us "No John Wayne's because John Wayne's die".

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