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Negotiator on Iran nuke deal reportedly sentenced to prison
A member of Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators that struck the 2015 deal with world powers has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted in Iran of espionage, a semi-official news agency reported. While unnamed in the report yesterday, the only negotiator known to be facing criminal charges is dual Iranian-Canadian national …
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October 5, 2017 -
Former Thai PM sentenced to 5 years over rice scheme
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who fled the country last month, was on Wednesday found guilty of dereliction of duty over a controversial rice subsidy scheme and sentenced to five years in prison in absentia. Yingluck failed to appear on August 25 as hundreds of her supporters waited outside Thailand’s Supreme Court for the …
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September 27, 2017