Comments on: Mousavian Arrested https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/05/03/mousavian-arrested/ Fri, 04 May 2007 16:30:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Haninah https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/05/03/mousavian-arrested/#comment-531 Fri, 04 May 2007 16:30:11 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/mousavian-arrested/#comment-531 “Moussavian had probably exchanged information with foreigners over nuclear issues and he could face espionage charges.”

Well, as head of the delegation to the IAEA, that’s pretty much a description of his job. Which would make setting him up on trumped charges almost too easy for anyone who wanted to…

]]> By: Dan Plesch https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/05/03/mousavian-arrested/#comment-530 Fri, 04 May 2007 09:44:56 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/mousavian-arrested/#comment-530 M spoke at a conference I organised last Nov on the Mid East WMD Free Zone. His speech, was a quite distinct from the President’s line in a number of respects- the webcast and transcript are on http://www.cisd.soas.ac.uk. The embassy subsequently made persistent efforts to ensure that we understood that.

]]> By: Andreas Persbo https://totalwonkerr.net/2007/05/03/mousavian-arrested/#comment-529 Thu, 03 May 2007 19:48:04 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/mousavian-arrested/#comment-529 Paul,

I am glad that you picked up on this. Hossein is a formidable debater with a perfect attention to the minutest details of the nuclear issue, a faultless diplomat, and an Iranian patriot. It is true that he talked to a lot of western NGOs, including us, but he always stayed true to the government line. I find his arrest surprising, and frankly, very distressing.

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