January 16 2019
German police have arrested a military adviser on suspicion of spying for Iran, reports Agence France-Presse.
The German-Afghan man was working for the Bundeswehr as a linguistic and cultural adviser, prosecutors said after the arrest on Tuesday.
The man is suspected of passing information to Iranian intelligence services over several years, reported Der Spiegel.
As an employee of the German military, the suspect had access to sensitive information that included troop...
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