Nuclear negotiator suspected of spying arrested

An Iranian man has been arrested on suspicion of spying over Iran’s nuclear deal with the West. A judiciary spokesman described the unidentified man as a “spy who had infiltrated the nuclear team”. The man was held for several days, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi said, before being released on bail. Last year’s nuclear deal was widely […]

An Iranian man has been arrested on suspicion of spying over Iran’s nuclear deal with the West.
A judiciary spokesman described the unidentified man as a “spy who had infiltrated the nuclear team”.
The man was held for several days, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi said, before being released on bail.
Last year’s nuclear deal was widely celebrated in Iran and internationally, but some Iranian hardliners saw it as a capitulation to the US.
No details have been given about the arrest and it remains unclear on whether it is the same case as the one reported on Wednesday by semi-official Iranian news agency Tabnak.
It said that Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, a dual-national in charge of banking issues during the two-year negotiations, was arrested for “selling the country’s economic details to foreigners”.