Iran�s Foreign Ministry has condemned as completely unjust�a sentence issued against an Iranian national in the United States.

Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham on Sunday condemned the eight-year-and-one-month prison sentence issued on Friday by the US District of Connecticut against Mozaffar Khazaee, an Iranian-American, on the accusation that he tried to transfer information on American military aircraft out of the United States.

Khazaee was arrested last January after being accused of attempting such transfer.

�Unfortunately, a number of our country�s nationals are imprisoned in the United States and some other countries for unjustified reasons and over the allegation that they breached the illegal and illegitimate sanctions [against Iran],� Afkham�said.
She called the US government�s arrest and imprisonment of Iranian citizens for hollow and unfounded reasons �unacceptable.�

The Islamic Republic has invariably announced that it considers the apprehension of its citizens for hollow reasons and sanctions breach to be illegal and against international law, Afkham�said, adding that Tehran insists on the innocence of these people and demands their prompt and unconditional release.

By Press TV