
18 Feb 2025
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Originally Posted by eurasiaoverland
I think this reply is echoing some of the naivety the defendants have shown - they made it public that they were researching something and talking to people. To a paranoid, indoctrinated regime member that is spying. Tourists come to take pictures, not interview people.
I don't think the Iranian authorities pick foreign travellers and accuse them of espionage, but if you hand them the case on a plate...
I don't know of mixed prisons in the UK and they certainly don't have them in Iran.
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I'm actually saying the same thing - though not sure I agree Iran wouldn't fabricate an espionage charge.
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