Britain prosecutes soldier who spied for Iran
Reuters reports the court proceedings in London against a British spy for Iran in Afghanistan:
LONDON (Reuters) – A British soldier became a spy for Iran after becoming angry at being passed over for promotion and what he perceived as racial discrimination, a court heard on Monday.
Corporal Daniel James, 45, contacted Iranian officials in Kabul while working as an interpreter for General David Richards, the British commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, prosecutors told the Old Bailey.
“The allegation in this case is that during the latter part of 2006, the defendant’s loyalty to this country wavered and his loyalties turned to Iran, the country of his birth,” prosecutor Mark Dennis said. …
He was arrested in December 2006, a few months after contact had been made, so that his activities were “nipped in the bud,” Dennis said.
