Published in Physics World, 15 Jul 2011
A doctoral student who was detained when he tried to leave his native Iran earlier this year will go on trial tomorrow for charges related to espionage, according to sources close to him.
Omid Kokabee has been detained since late January or February this year when he was attempting to fly from Tehran airport to return to his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, US. Physics Worldunderstands that he is suspected of leaking Iranian scientific information and working with the CIA.
The trial, apparently based on charges of illegal earnings and communicating with a hostile government, is expected to be headed by Iranian justice Abolghasem Salavati. […]
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