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NATO's spy academy
02/06/2010 - NATO-ROMANIA

NATO's spy academy

The Human Intelligence Centre opened in Romania in March. The Romanian president says it was set up to counter new security threats against the North Atlantic Alliance, but the centre is also seen as a sign that Romania is cementing its position within NATO and the West. A team from France 24 was the first camera crew to gain access to the facility.
Convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM granted parole arrives in Tehran
19/05/2010 - FRANCE

Convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM granted parole arrives in Tehran

Ali Vakili Rad, the Iranian agent who spent 19 years in a French jail for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday, hours after a French court ordered his release.
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Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM, says lawyer
18/05/2010 - FRANCE

Court grants parole to convicted killer of Iranian ex-PM, says lawyer

A French court has granted a conditional release for Ali Vakili Rad (photo), the Iranian agent jailed for the 1991 assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar, a former Iranian PM during the Shah’s era, Vakili Rad’s lawyer told reporters Tuesday.
Govt to deport Iranian ex-PM's assassin after academic freed
18/05/2010 - FRANCE

Govt to deport Iranian ex-PM's assassin after academic freed

France signed a deportation order on Monday for Ali Vakili Rad, an Iranian agent convicted of the 1991 killing of former Iranian PM Shapour Bakhtiar in a Parisian suburb, according to a French Interior Ministry official.
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Reiss, French woman tried for spying by Iran, returns home
19/05/2010 - FRANCE

Reiss, French woman tried for spying by Iran, returns home

Clotilde Reiss arrived in France on Sunday afternoon, where she was received by President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée Palace. Reiss, held for 10 months in Iran on spying charges, was released Saturday.
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Reiss release was not a prisoner swap, says Tehran
16/05/2010 - IRAN

Reiss release was not a prisoner swap, says Tehran

Tehran said on Sunday that the release of Frenchwoman Clotilde Reiss was not connected to France's rejection of a US request for the extradition of Iranian engineer Majid Kakavand, who returned home last week.
Freed French academic arrives home
16/05/2010 - IRAN

Freed French academic arrives home

The freed French academic Clotilde Reiss arrived in France on Sunday afternoon and is expected to meet President Sarkozy later in the day, the Elysee palace said. Reiss was tried in Iran on spying charges after post-election unrest in June.
Iran fines Reiss and will allow her to leave, says lawyer
15/05/2010 - IRAN

Iran fines Reiss and will allow her to leave, says lawyer

Clotilde Reiss will be allowed to leave Iran after paying a fine of 230,000 euros, her lawyer said. The French academic was arrested for espionage when Iran's post-election unrest threw the country into political turmoil last June.
Pierre Siramy, former deputy director of the French secret services
06/05/2010 - THE INTERVIEW

Pierre Siramy, former deputy director of the French secret services

In this edition our guest is a former intelligence officer for France's external intelligence agency (DGSE). He tells us more about this very secret organisation.
Kuwait nabs alleged Iranian spy cell
02/05/2010 - ESPIONAGE

Kuwait nabs alleged Iranian spy cell

Security agencies in Kuwait have intercepted an Iranian spy cell meant to provide Tehran with information on Kuwaiti and US targets, according to the newspaper Al-Qabas. Iran’s foreign ministry rebuked the report, calling it "utterly baseless".
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