Iranian diplomat arrested in Egypt for spying (Lead)
May 29th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANSCairo, May 29 (IANS) An Iranian diplomat who worked at a special bureau in Egyptian capital Cairo has been arrested on charges of spying, a media report said.
Sayyed Kassem al-Husseini was arrested in al-Mohandssen district of Cairo Saturday, Xinhua reported citing the official Al-Akhbar newspaper.
The report said al-Husseini was gathering and sending to Tehran economic, political and military intelligence reports on Egypt.
He was part of a spy network that was trying to recruit agents in Arab countries, officials said.
Egypt and Iran have no diplomatic relation since 1979, when Cairo signed a peace treaty with Israel and offered asylum to Iran’s deposed last shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
However, there is a special Iranian interests section in Cairo where al-Husseini worked.
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