Germany Accuses Afghan-German Linguist of Passing Military Secrets to Iran

(Fox News) Barnini Chakraborty - German police have arrested Abdul Hamid S., 50, an Afghan-German man suspected of passing military secrets to Iran, Germany's federal prosecutor's office announced. "The suspect was a language expert and cultural adviser for the Bundeswehr (German armed forces)," the federal prosecutor said. "In this capacity, he is believed to have passed insights to an Iranian intelligence agency." He is suspected of having worked for Iran for several years, according to German news site Spiegel Online. He had access to highly classified material including troop deployment information and specific missions in Afghanistan.


2019-01-18 00:00:00

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