A Norwegian court has sentenced to three years and seven months in prison a former US embassy security guard who said he spied for Russia and Iran to protest American support for Israel.
The 28-year-old Norwegian man is convicted of providing floor plans, personal details of embassy staff and their families, and information about activities at the US embassy between March and November 2024.
In exchange, he was paid 10,000 euros ($11,700) from Russian intelligence and 0.17 bitcoin from Iranian intelligence, the court ruled yesterday, according to documents now made public.
During his trial, the accused admitted to spying that he said was in protest against the United States’ backing of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, but denied the charge of aggravated espionage for which he was convicted, claiming the information he transmitted was not classified.
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