Iran's former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian has been
charged with giving classified information to foreigners including
the British Embassy, local Fars news agency reported on
Wednesday.
"His charge is passing on information to foreigners, including
the British Embassy, against the interests and security of the
country," Iran's Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie
was quoted as saying.
"The accusation has been proved as far as intelligence ministry
is concerned," he added.
Moussavian, one of Iran's nuclear negotiators who served under
former president Mohammad Khatami until 2005, was released on bail
after his brief detention in May on suspicion of espionage, but his
case is not closed, according to Fars news agency.
He is now the deputy head of a research institute led by Hassan
Rowhani, who was Iran's top nuclear negotiator under President
Khatami.
Moussavian served as Iran's ambassador to Germany in the late
1990s and early 2000s.
(Xinhua News Agency November 15, 2007)
