Spying

Whelan’s brother David said lawyers will appeal the verdict he denounced as political.

Esmaili also confirmed authorities had detained Iranian-British anthropologist Kameel Ahmady over suspected links to institutes affiliated with foreign intelligence services.

He said the other Australian faced charges of spying for another country, without elaborating.

He has publicly complained of poor prison conditions and has said his life is in danger.

Foreign business groups welcomed that but said they need to see how the law is enforced to know whether it improves conditions.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A former Rutgers student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man rejected a plea deal on Friday that would have kept him out of prison and sought to prevent his deportation, accepting the gamble of a trial...