This statement by an Iranian diplomat runs counter to findings of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. It found in Sept. 2017 that the jailing of Iranian-Americans Siamak and Baquer Namazi is "arbitrary" and contravenes Declaration on Human Rights ohchr.org/Documents/Issu…
Just one excerpt of the UN report - Siamak's access to legal counsel was severely limited, and he, his family and lawyers were given no formal evidence behind the charges of espionage/collusion during his pre-trial detention
The UN similarly found that the detention of @Princeton student Xiyue Wang was "arbitrary" and that Iran's use of espionage charges against him for trying to access historical archives "reaches the level of absurdity." ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/…
Shortly after I tweeted this information citing official @UN entities' conclusions about Iran's arrests/accusations of espionage, @baeidinejad blocked me from viewing his tweets
For more information about American prisoners held in Iran, read me and @joel_schectman's report from last year, detailing both the Obama/Trump administrations' approach to this issue: reuters.com/investigates/s…
.@bozorgmehr has also done important work here: reuters.com/article/us-ira…
Final update on this - I believe @baeidinejad deleted his tweet in which he said that as long as Iranian dual nationals do not collaborate with intelligence agencies nor collect classified info, they are safe in Iran, and which I had quoted in my first tweet in this thread
But Fars News did a short story on his statements earlier today, and screenshotted his tweets farsnews.com/news/139802270…
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