We Don't Like It When They Do It

Three Iranian-Americans have been arrested and charged with espionage in Tehran.

U.S. academic Haleh Esfandiari and two other Iranian-Americans [Kian Tajbakhsh, an urban planning consultant who also has worked for the World Bank, and journalist Parnaz Azima] have been "formally charged" with endangering national security and espionage, Iran's judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

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Laura Silber, a spokeswoman for Soros' Open Society Institute in New York said the organization was "dismayed at the charges" against Tajbakhsh, an "internationally respected scholar."

"The charges are completely without merit," Silber told The Associated Press by telephone. "We are very concerned for Dr. Tajkbakhsh's safety and urge the Iranian authorities to release him immediately."

  Yahoo

Like we've done with Guantanamo prisoners? Three years later, after we tortured them, of course.

Under Iranian law, the distinction between someone being accused and charged is less clear than in the United States and many Western countries, especially in matters of national security. Security courts have wide latitude, with the option of dropping the proceedings at any time or even holding trials in secret.

So very unlike the American way of extraordinary renditions and denial of council. And. Secret. Courts.

Iran has stepped up accusations that the United States is trying to use internal critics to destabilize the government.

Accusations? I thought it was well-known.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.