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Revision as of 06:34, 13 February 2016
Kamal Foroughi is a British-Iranian businessman currently imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran. Iranian authorities arrested him in May 2011 while he was living in Tehran as a consultant for the Malaysian national oil and gas company Petronas. In 2013, he was sentenced to eight years in prison, seven for espionage and an additional year for possessing alcohol in his home.
Arrest and imprisonment in Iran
On 14 October 2015, The Guardian reported for the first time that Foroughi, a "76-year-old British national has been held in an Iranian jail for more than four years and convicted of spying." His family chose to break their silence in order to "draw attention to the plight of a man they describe as one of the 'oldest and loneliest prisoners in Iran.'"[1]
Iranian authorities arrested Foroughi in May 2011 and jailed him in Evin Prison, where he remains. At the time, he was working in Tehran as a consultant for the Malaysian national oil and gas company Petronas. In 2013, he was sentenced to eight years in prison, seven for espionage and an additional year for possessing alcohol in his home. His son Kamran said, "My dad’s detention has been a total nightmare for all the family… We are not aware of any evidence that justifies the espionage charge."[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Briton, 76, has been in Iranian jail for 4 years on spying charges". The Guardian. 14 October 2015.