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ARMENIAN COURT CONVICTS ARMENIAN AND IRANIAN CITIZENS ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR AZERBAIJAN
The Canadian Press
Oct 26 2010
YEREVAN, Armenia - An Armenian court has convicted an Iranian and an
Armenian on charges of spying for neighbouring Azerbaijan.
Armenia's Prosecutor General's office said that the court in the
capital, Yerevan, on Monday sentenced Iranian citizen Bager Bageri
to 10 years in prison and former Armenian military officer Gevork
Airapetian to 12 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the court found Airapetian guilty of collecting and
transferring sensitive information about the Armenian military to
Bageri, an ethnic Azerbaijani who allegedly worked for Azerbaijan's
intelligence.
Both men have been in custody since their arrest in October 2009.
There was no immediate comment from Azerbaijan.
The two ex-Soviet neighbours have been locked in conflict over the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian
The Canadian Press
Oct 26 2010
YEREVAN, Armenia - An Armenian court has convicted an Iranian and an
Armenian on charges of spying for neighbouring Azerbaijan.
Armenia's Prosecutor General's office said that the court in the
capital, Yerevan, on Monday sentenced Iranian citizen Bager Bageri
to 10 years in prison and former Armenian military officer Gevork
Airapetian to 12 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the court found Airapetian guilty of collecting and
transferring sensitive information about the Armenian military to
Bageri, an ethnic Azerbaijani who allegedly worked for Azerbaijan's
intelligence.
Both men have been in custody since their arrest in October 2009.
There was no immediate comment from Azerbaijan.
The two ex-Soviet neighbours have been locked in conflict over the
disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
From: A. Papazian