The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested the Russian journalist in Tehran on Thursday on charges of cooperating with Israeli intelligence, according to media reports.
Yuzik is currently in an IRGC prison, according to her family.
Russia's foreign ministry summoned the Iranian ambassador regarding Yuzik's detention, reported the Russian news agency RIA. Russia’s Embassy in Tehran has previously said that it was aware of Yuzik’s arrest and that it is "dealing with the situation," according to the Moscow Times.
Yuzik’s daughter confirmed her mother’s arrest on Facebook, saying that she has been arrested in "another country," and added that her trial was scheduled for this Saturday.
Yulia worked as a news hound in Tehran a few years ago and had returned to Tehran on invitation, journalist and ex-husband of Yuzik Boris Voytsekhovskiy wrote on Facebook.
As soon as she arrived, the Iranian authorities confiscated her passport and told her that she can have it back when leaving, he added.
Later that same day, a number of IRGC agents broke into her hotel room and arrested her, wrote Voytsekhovskiy, adding that she is facing up to 10 years on charges of cooperating with Israeli intelligence.
Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
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Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term
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Shahor
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and Russia have had close relations since the start of the Syrian revolution in 2011, as they both heavily support the regime of Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
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