this Revolutionary Guards Iran announced the arrest of many foreign nationals in the country, including the British deputy ambassador in Tehran. Giles Whittaker allegedly engaging in “espionage” activities, such as taking soil samples after ballistic testing.
The organization added that “one of those mentioned is the deputy ambassador to the UK”, adding that “he went to the desert of England”. Shahdadinside Kermanwith his family and as a tourist”, but “recorded footage shows him taking soil samples while a missile test was being conducted by the Revolutionary Guards Aviation Force”.
Whitaker was expelled from the city he was traveling to after apologizing. According to Press TV television network Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Agency stated. The media also broadcast footage of Whitaker and others collecting soil in a restricted area.
Among those detained is a woman’s husband. Austrian cultural attaché He would also take soil samples from Damgan in Semnan province, Iran. Earlier, he was seen recording a military zone in the capital, Tehran, the IRNA news agency reported.
The third detainee is a Polish university professor who entered the country “under a cover”. scientific change With a university, he traveled to Kirman and Shahdad as a tourist to take soil, water, rock, salt and mud samples during a missile test.
The man was identified as Maciej Walczak, according to IRNA. Department of Biotechnology “Linked with the Zionist regime” with reference to Israel from Copernicus University. For now, neither the UK, nor Austria and Poland have commented on this information.
spokesperson for the Iranian justice apparatus, Massoud Setayeshi, He said on Wednesday that the two French nationals arrested in May are currently charged with “conspiracy against national security”, without being identified. He also assured that several Iranians who would cooperate with the suspects are also being investigated, without providing further details on the matter.
The French Government condemned the detention of two of its nationals in the country in May, after Tehran announced that two European citizens had been arrested for allegedly orchestrating actions “to cause chaos, social disorder and instability”. this Ministry of Intelligence Iran said the suspects “entered the country with the intention of abusing the demands of some people” and “turned these normal demands into chaos” in order to create a “terrible wave of destruction”.
Source: Informacion
