Released September 2, 2000
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Washington Post Covered for Israeli Spies

The Washington Post covered for several Iranian Jews tried in Iran on charges of spying for Israel, and distorted reports so as to demonize Iran and Muslims.

The Post editorial "Iran's Human Rights Disorder," July 1, 2000 stated that Iran "continues to display arbitrary brutality and a sweeping disregard for international norms.... The salient example at the moment continues to be the trial of 13 Jews in Shiraz on charges of spying for Israel. Verdicts for the 13 are expected today after a travesty of a trial, a closed proceeding punctuated by televised 'confessions.' The proceeding looked very much like an exercise in religious baiting of Iran's 3,000-year-old and historically quiet Jewish community."

The Post omitted mention of the four Muslims also charged. That would have contradicted the Post's accusation of "religious baiting" of the "quiet Jewish community."

The very same day that the Post editorial appeared, the Associated Press (Afshin Valinejad, "Three Jews Acquitted of Spying") reported: "Ten Iranian Jews were convicted of spying for Israel on Saturday and sentenced to prison terms of four to 13 years, while three others were acquitted,... two Muslim suspects were acquitted in the case, and another two Muslims received sentences similar to Jews."

Further undermining the Post's accusation against Iran, Israel later admitted that the Iranian Jews were indeed spies.

On August 9 the Jerusalem Post (Douglas Davis, "Israel admitted Iranian Jews were spies") reported: "Israel has privately admitted to Iran that the 10 Jews convicted of espionage by a court in Shiraz last month were spying for Israel."

Mr. Davis says: "The admission was reportedly made during secret meetings between Israeli and Iranian officials at a Cairo hotel on July 31 and August 1, in the presence of US Ambassador to Egypt Daniel Kurtzer and Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Zvi Mazel."

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