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German Court Sentences Iranian Regime Agent to Prison for Treason
(Jerusalem Post) Benjamin Weinthal - A court in Koblenz, Germany, on Monday sentenced German-Afghani military translator Abdul Hamid S. to prison for treason for handing over state secrets to Iran's intelligence agency in return for payment. Abdul met with agents of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence between 2013 and 2017 in various European cities. He delivered site plans of the German armed forces, as well as analysis material from the German defense department. Between 2007 and 2017, German authorities conducted criminal investigations into Iran for 22 cases of espionage.