Iranians in West pressured for sensitive data

Iran’s envoy to the United Kingdom has slammed Western intelligence services for pressuring Iranian dual citizens, especially women and the elderly, in order to obtain sensitive information.

“Unfortunately, intelligence services in the West, especially using indirect ways, pressure certain Iranian dual citizens to obtain particular data and information,” Hamid Baeidinejad said in a Thursday tweet.

“Iranian nationals love their country, but they may sometimes do that [what the West wants them to] assuming those data are not confidential,” he went on to say.

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