伊朗处决为美国服务间谍核科学家

Iran Executes a Nuclear Scientist for Spying for the US

伊朗处决为美国服务间谍核科学家

Last week Iran executed a nuclear scientist on charges of spying for the United States, an official said Sunday.

上周伊朗处决了一名为美国从事间谍活动的核科学家,一名官员周日说。

Officials admitted for the first time that Shahram Amiri had been secretly detained and tried. A judicial spokesman said a court sentenced Amiri to death. Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the sentence.

官方第一次承认Shahram Amiri已经被秘密拘留和审讯。一位司法发言人表示法院将Amiri判处死刑。伊朗最高法院支持这一判决。

The spokesman said, “Amiri gave vital information about the country to the enemy,” according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA.

发言人说“Amiri把国家重要信息给了敌人”根据伊朗新闻机构报道。

The spokesman did not say why officials had not announced the sentence earlier, according to AP news agency.

发言人没有说明为什么官方不早点宣判死刑，据美联社报道。

Iran hanged Amiri during the same week it executed a number of militants.

伊朗在绞死Amiri的同一周，也处决了一些激进分子。

Shahram Amiri, 38, was a university researcher who worked for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization. He is said to have left Iran for Saudi Arabia in 2009 to visit Muslim holy places. However, he disappeared and went to the United States.

Shahram Amiri，38岁，伊朗原子能机构大学研究员，据说他在2009年离开伊朗访问沙特阿拉伯穆斯林圣地。然而,他却消失了,是去了美国。

While in the U.S., Amiri appeared in several videos. The AP news agency reported that the videos gave contradictory information about why he was in America.

在美国，阿米里出现在视频里。美联社新闻机构报道说,这些视频发出了他为什么在美国的相互矛盾的信息。

In one video, Amiri said that he had been kidnapped and that Saudi and U.S. intelligence agents held him against his will. In another, he said he wanted to study in America and return to Iran if the “opportunity of safe travel” became available. His wife and son remained in Iran.

在一个视频里，Amiri说他被沙特和美国情报人员绑架,要他违背自己的意愿帮助美国。在另一个视频里,他说他想在美国学习,然后如果安全旅行的“机会，再回到伊朗,”。他的妻子和儿子留在伊朗。

U.S. officials said they paid Amiri $5 million to leave Iran and provide information about its nuclear program. At the time, Western countries were increasing efforts to limit Iran’s nuclear program under then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

美国官员说他们支付Amiri 500万美元离开伊朗,并提供有关其核项目的信息。当时,西方国家不断努力限制当时的总统马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪-内贾德伊朗的核项目。

In 2010, Amiri reportedly went to the Pakistani Embassy in Washington and asked to be returned to Iran. He returned later that year.

据报道,2010年, Amiri去了巴基斯坦驻华盛顿大使馆,要求返回伊朗。他那年晚些时候回到伊朗。

At first, Iranian officials welcomed him. AP reports that he appeared on Iranian TV as a hero.

But then he disappeared.

首先,伊朗官员欢迎他。据美联社报道,他作为一个英雄出现在伊朗电视台。

但后来他消失了。

The judiciary spokesman said Amiri’s family mistakenly believed that he was serving a 10-year prison sentence. Last week, news of his death reportedly appeared in a newspaper in his hometown.

司法部发言人说, Amiri的家人误以为他是服刑了10年有期徒刑。上周,报道他去世的消息出现在他的家乡的报纸上。

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For years, Iran has stated that its nuclear activities were not aimed at developing nuclear weapons. However, the U.S. says uranium particles found during an investigation last year at an Iranian military base probably came from Iran’s secret nuclear weapons program.

多年来,伊朗声称其核活动并非旨在发展核武器。然而,美国在去年一项调查中发现了铀颗粒,指出一处伊朗军事基地可能在执行伊朗的秘密核武器计划。

The execution of Amiri takes place one year after the United States and five world powers reached a nuclear agreement with Iran. The deal requires Iran to limit its nuclear development capabilities. In exchange, western countries lifted strong economic restrictions on Iran.

处决Amiri一年后，美国和世界五大国与伊朗达成核协议。协议以伊朗限制其核开发能力作为交换,西方国家解除对伊朗强劲的经济制裁。

伊朗处决为美国服务间谍核科学家