Iran concludes inquiry into detained U.S.-Iranians
August 13, 2007 - 0:0
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's judicial authorities have completed their investigations into two detained Iranian-Americans, a senior official said on Sunday.
""The two have some written work to do and then the decision will be made about them,"" Tehran Deputy Prosecutor Hassan Haddad told the official IRNA news agency. Haddad, in charge of the file, did not specify what he meant by ""written work.""Last month, Iranian television aired ""confessions"" by Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh.
Esfandiari is an academic at the U.S.-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Tajbakhsh is a consultant with the Soros Institute, founded by billionaire investor George Soros.
In the IRNA interview, Haddad also touched upon the case of dissident labor leader Mansoor Osanloo, detained last month for ""distributing statements against the system.""
His union, which groups bus drivers, is an illegal organization but his arrest was not related to labor issues, the prosecutor said.
""I told Osanloo 'your behavior creates problems for the country's security',"" Haddad said. ""Because he has traveled abroad he thinks he can do whatever he wants.