{"id":2766,"date":"2007-01-16T13:14:41","date_gmt":"2007-01-16T13:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/2766-iran-wants-germany-to-free-convicted-agent"},"modified":"2023-01-12T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T17:03:38","slug":"iran-wants-germany-to-free-convicted-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/iran-wants-germany-to-free-convicted-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran wants Germany to free convicted agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"german-arms\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-30261\" height=\"86\" alt=\"Iran wants Germany to free convicted agent\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2007\/01\/german-arms.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\"  border=\"0\" \/>The United Press International, BERLIN &#8211; Iran is demanding the release of a convicted killer in exchange for a German sentenced to 18 months in prison because he entered Iranian waters while fishing. <\/p>\n<p>According to a report in the latest issue of German news magazine Der Spiegel, Iran wants the release of Kazem Darabi, an Iranian convicted of taking part in the assassination of four high-raking Iranian-Kurdish opposition politicians in a Berlin restaurant in 1992. <\/p>\n<p>The bait in this case is 53-year-old German Donald Klein, a family father and a fishing enthusiast, who in late 2005 year chartered a fishing trip with French skipper Stephane Lherbier based in Dubai. <\/p>\n<p>The skipper led Klein near the island of Abu Mousa and accidentally crossed into Iranian waters, where both men were arrested by Iranian military. <\/p>\n<p>Klein and Lherbier, who filmed Klein&#8217;s catch of two barracudas with a handheld video camera, were accused of deliberately crossing the border and sentenced to 18 months in prison. <\/p>\n<p>Germany has on repeated occasions tried to free Klein, with President Horst Koehler intervening but without success. 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