27.11.2007 - Source: Guardian

Nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian cleared of spying for Britain but convicted of acting against the Islamic authorities; sentence is believed to target Mousavian's stance of compromise towards Western countries and his association to former president Hashemi Rafsanjani ("Iranian court clears former nuclear adviser of spying") [ID 22072]

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15.11.2007 - Source: Iran Focus

More suspects in a nuclear espionage case were arrested; the move comes one day after a former nuclear official was accused of handing over atomic secrets to Britain ("Iran arrests 'more nuclear spies'") [ID 22067]

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14.11.2007 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Tehran: President Ahmadinejad, in a speech on 12 November 2007 at a University, denounced what he called "traitors" to Iran's nuclear program; he threatened to name these critics unless they end pressure to change Iran's nuclear policy; the harshness of his attack points up a serious rift within the establishment, according to analysts ("Ahmadinejad's Threat To Iranian 'Traitors' Points To Widening Rift") [ID 22053]

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13.11.2007 - Source: Iran Focus

President Ahmadinejad raised domestic tensions over the country's nuclear policy to higher levels by labelling his opponents traitors who are working for the west and threatened to expose them in a political witch-hunt ("Ahmadinejad steps up rhetoric against critics at home with threat to expose 'traitors'") [ID 22065]

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