Iran condemns 'Israeli spy' to death

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Iran condemns 'Israeli spy' to death

Iran today sentenced to death a man accused of playing a key role in the 2010 murder of a top nuclear scientist and of spying for Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported.

---Masoud Ali-Mohammadi worked in theoretical physics and his links to Iran's nuclear programme were never clear ---

"The sentence to execute the terrorist Majid Jamali Fashi ... has been issued" for the assassination of scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi, Iran's prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie said, quoted by IRNA.

Mohseni Ejeie, who is also spokesman for the Iranian judiciary, said the sentence was passed on Sunday, less than a week after the opening of Jamali Fashi's trial.

His defence lawyers have 20 days to launch an appeal.

Jamali Fashi stood trial as the main suspect in the killing of Ali Mohammadi, a particle physics professor at Tehran University who was killed in a bomb attack outside his home in January 2010.

He was accused of "Moharebe (waging war against God) using assassination as the means ... by placing a bomb-laden bike in front of Ali Mohammadi's house," the state television website reported.

It quoted the prosecutor in the trial which opened on August 23 and lasted a single session.

Jamali Fashi also faced charges of cooperating with Israel's spy agency and of having received $120,000 for passing on intelligence to Mossad, the website report added.

The Islamic republic has blamed the Jewish state and the United States for the unexplained disappearances of several of its military officials and nuclear scientists.

Western powers and Israel suspect Iran is seeking an atomic weapons capability under the guise of its civilian nuclear and space programmes, a charge Tehran vehemently denies.

http://www.telegraph...y-to-death.html

Edited August 29, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[mawilson 2,133]

FWIW, he doesn't look very Israeli.

[luckytxn 2,265]

FWIW, he doesn't look very Israeli.

He doesn't look very happy in that picture either.

[mawilson 2,133]

He doesn't look very happy in that picture either.

Probably thinking "for someone who's supposed to be an Israeli spy, I don't have a shekel to my name"

[scandal 951]

That's how they roll.

Eli Cohen, Z"L, hanged by Syria in 1965. No defense allowed at his "trial", no family presence, no return of his body. Just a summary execution. Butchers.

[웃 910]

FWIW, he doesn't look very Israeli.

The guy in the pic is the dead scientist (iranian):

---Masoud Ali-Mohammadi worked in theoretical physics and his links to Iran's nuclear programme were never clear ---

The 'Israeli spy' is also not Israeli, he is Iranian:

An Iranian accused of assassinating a scientist on behalf of Israel has been sentenced to death, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

Misleading titles...

Edited August 29, 2011 by Lord Infamous

[luckytxn 2,265]

The guy in the pic is the dead scientist (iranian):

---Masoud Ali-Mohammadi worked in theoretical physics and his links to Iran's nuclear programme were never clear ---

The 'Israeli spy' is also not Israeli, he is Iranian:

An Iranian accused of assassinating a scientist on behalf of Israel has been sentenced to death, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

Misleading titles...

They both look unhappy.

Not many can pull off the unibrow look. He failed.

[mawilson 2,133]

Not many can pull off the unibrow look. He failed.

[sandinista! 1,816]

That's how they roll.

Eli Cohen, Z"L, hanged by Syria in 1965. No defense allowed at his "trial", no family presence, no return of his body. Just a summary execution. Butchers.

Who exactly is "they"?

And you can't exactly have it both ways-is it not well acknowledged in Israel that Eli Cohen was, in fact a spy? Does he not to this day still maintain a post-humous respect and glorification in Israel for his mad skills as a spy, and for the enormous value of the intelligence he gathered in Syria, for the cause of Israel? Unfortunately a great deal of risk lies in that profession. While I would certainly never advocate for his being executed, it's not entirely implausible there was a whole lot of evidence implicating him as a spy, though I do not hold a whole lot of confidence in Syria conducting a trial that would meet amnesty international standards or anything. I don't know, it just seems odd-the evidence is good enough to call him a hero on one side, but God forbid those being spied on should hold it against him?

[mawilson 2,133]

And you can't exactly have it both ways-is it not well acknowledged in Israel that Eli Cohen was, in fact a spy?

You can't be a spy and have a fair trial?

[Saddle Bronc 124]

You can't be a spy and have a fair trial?

You raise an excellent point Mark--and the prime example of the answer to your question is Aldrich Hazen Ames (who unquestionably got a fair trial)!

[_Simpson_ 250]

Who exactly is "they"?

And you can't exactly have it both ways-is it not well acknowledged in Israel that Eli Cohen was, in fact a spy? Does he not to this day still maintain a post-humous respect and glorification in Israel for his mad skills as a spy, and for the enormous value of the intelligence he gathered in Syria, for the cause of Israel? Unfortunately a great deal of risk lies in that profession. While I would certainly never advocate for his being executed, it's not entirely implausible there was a whole lot of evidence implicating him as a spy, though I do not hold a whole lot of confidence in Syria conducting a trial that would meet amnesty international standards or anything. I don't know, it just seems odd-the evidence is good enough to call him a hero on one side, but God forbid those being spied on should hold it against him?

I dont care how much evidence there is, a man should be able to defend himself.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

That's how they roll.

Eli Cohen, Z"L, hanged by Syria in 1965. No defense allowed at his "trial", no family presence, no return of his body. Just a summary execution. Butchers.

Speaking of summary executions . . . and butchers

American, 19, Among Gaza Flotilla Dead

A U.S. citizen who lived in Turkey is among the nine people killed when Israeli commandos stormed a Turkish aid ship heading for the Gaza Strip, officials said today.

The victim was identified as Furkan Dogan, 19, a Turkish-American. A forensic report said he was shot at close range, with four bullets in his head and one in his chest, according to the Anatolian news agency.

Dogan was a high school student studying social sciences in the town of Kayseri in central Turkey. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and moved to Turkey at the age of 2. He will be buried in his hometown tomorrow.

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Edited August 29, 2011 by Sofiyya

[luckytxn 2,265]

Speaking of summary executions . . . and butchers

American, 19, Among Gaza Flotilla Dead

A U.S. citizen who lived in Turkey is among the nine people killed when Israeli commandos stormed a Turkish aid ship heading for the Gaza Strip, officials said today.

The victim was identified as Furkan Dogan, 19, a Turkish-American. A forensic report said he was shot at close range, with four bullets in his head and one in his chest, according to the Anatolian news agency.

Dogan was a high school student studying social sciences in the town of Kayseri in central Turkey. He was born in Troy, N.Y., and moved to Turkey at the age of 2. He will be buried in his hometown tomorrow.

. . .

I am going to make a note to stay off of flotilla's that are going to the Gaza strip.

[Ban Hammer 13,554]

I am going to make a note to stay off of flotilla's that are going to the Gaza strip.

that would be the prudent thing to do.