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Iranian physics student faces trial for spying

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Campaigners says scientist is falsely accused of gathering information on Iran's nuclear programme.

Omid Kokabee, an Iranian physics doctoral student affiliated with institutions in the United States and Spain, will go on trial tomorrow in Teheran facing charges of "communicating with a hostile government" and "illegal earnings".

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Catanzaro, M. Iranian physics student faces trial for spying. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.420

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