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Arrest of Iranian spy in Indonesia last year prompts Thailand to be on alert for more spies from Tehran

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Evarist Chahali
Jun 15, 2022
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Arrest of Iranian spy in Indonesia last year prompts Thailand to be on alert for more spies from Tehran

Last year on May 27th, Indonesia’s counter-intelligence agency arrested an Iranian national at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, just before departing for Qatar. It was Ghassem Saberi Gilchalan, sentenced to 2 years in prison for espionage, used a fake passport, had 11 mobile phones, large number of SIM cards and large amounts of cash.

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