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| US expels two Iranian UN 'security' men |
| 2002-06-29 |
| Two men who work in New York for Iran's mission to the United Nations are being expelled from the United States, ABC News said on Friday. Sources told the network that the two Iranians were seen five days ago videotaping the Brooklyn Bridge, the entry point to the tunnels into Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. The men, who have been in the United States only four months and are described as security workers for the mission, were stopped and questioned by New York police but were not arrested because of their diplomatic immunity. US officials plan to expel the men for suspicious activities, some of which are related to irregularities in their identification documents. A spokesman for the Iranian consulate in New York said the two individuals were filming each other and were briefly questioned by a New York police officer and released. "Security workers" is a pretty vague description of their duties. It also makes me think they're thugs, even though they may be nothing more than night watchmen. Good thing they've got diplomatic immunity in this case, since they can be expelled for "suspicious activities" without the entire ACLU calving. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |