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**AntonayPina** · 04-08-2010, 12:36 PM

Either everyone sends their worst spies to Iran, Iran is really good at finding spies, or Iran just accuses everyone with western ties as a spy.

Well, intelligence agencies are also collecting reports from the likes of journalists for example and Saberi WAS working as a journalist without beeing formally accredited in Iran, if I remember correctly. So the spying charge might not be as absurd as you make it to be. And what business these hikers really had climbing around in the disputed border area of a conflict zone I don´t think is completely clear either, since all sides concerned may have a motive to lie.
The majority of western spies are not caught on a regular base though, I suppose........

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AntonayPina Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 522 Senior Member	Either everyone sends their worst spies to Iran, Iran is really good at finding spies, or Iran just accuses everyone with western ties as a spy. Well, intelligence agencies are also collecting reports from the likes of journalists for example and Saberi WAS working as a journalist without beeing formally accredited in Iran, if I remember correctly. So the spying charge might not be as absurd as you make it to be. And what business these hikers really had climbing around in the disputed border area of a conflict zone I don´t think is completely clear either, since all sides concerned may have a motive to lie. The majority of western spies are not caught on a regular base though, I suppose........
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