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Dubai, Aug. 10, 2017 (Reuters/NAN) A court in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday sentenced an Iranian national Reza Mozafar to 10 years in prison for spying and aiding Tehran’s nuclear programme, local newspapers reported.
Mozafar,48, was found guilty of spying and fraud to smuggle equipment and devices that could be used in Iran’s nuclear programme, the English Language Gulf News daily said citing court documents.
The Abu Dhabi-based Federal Appeals Court also found him guilty of harming relations between the UAE and the U.S. by importing equipment from America and smuggling it to Iran in violation of United Nations sanctions in place at the time.
The case is the latest in a series in the UAE involving people on trial for smuggling or spying for Iran, the newspaper said. (Reuters/NAN)
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