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Iran acquits European cyclist accused of spying for Israel during war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Iranian court says it acquitted Lennart Monterlos, a French-German national accused of espionage and arrested in June during the war between Iran and Israel.
Monterlos, 19, was arrested on June 16 in the southern city of Bandar Abbas while cycling alone across Iran, on the third day of the war between Iran and Israel.
“The Revolutionary Court, taking into account legal principles and doubts about the crime, has issued a verdict of acquittal of the accused, although according to the law, the prosecutor has the right to object to the verdict,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported.
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