Spokesman:

Iran's Judiciary Never Allows US Meddling

Rasa - Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje'i underlined independence of the country's judicial power, and said Tehran would never allow the US to interfere with its decisions after Washington officials demanded freedom of a US national arrested in Iran on espionage charges.

News ID: 431338

Date: 30 July 2017 - 23:02

RNA - "The Judiciary acts based on the existing laws and it doesn’t allow the US and others to interfere" and it studies cases related to the Iranian and non-Iranian nationals based on the law, Mohseni Eje'i told reporters in a press conference in Tehran on Sunday.

He also blasted the US violation of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers and its confiscation of Iran's properties outside the country, warning of Tehran's reaction.

Elsewhere, Mohseni Eje'i called on Washington to free the Iranian nationals who are imprisoned in the US jails.

Mohseni Eje'i had announced last Sunday that an Iranian court has sentenced a US national to 10 years in jail on spying charges. The American officials have demanded his release.

He did not identify the accused but the Iranian media later named him as Xiyue Wang, 37, a graduate student in history at Princeton.

"This person, who was gathering intelligence and was directly guided by the US, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but the sentence can be appealed," he said on state television.

Mohseni Eje'i explained that the person had opened his path to Iran by some sophisticated means - that he did not explain - but was identified by the intelligence bodies and arrested.

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