{"id":4479,"date":"2007-12-11T00:38:01","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T00:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/iran-a-world\/4479-azerbaijan-court-convicts-15-people-cccused-of-ties-with-iranian-intelligence"},"modified":"2007-12-11T00:38:01","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T00:38:01","slug":"azerbaijan-court-convicts-15-people-cccused-of-ties-with-iranian-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/azerbaijan-court-convicts-15-people-cccused-of-ties-with-iranian-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan court convicts 15 People cccused of ties with Iranian intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00e2\u0080\u009d&nbsp; A court in Azerbaijan on Monday convicted 15 people accused of ties with Iranian intelligence of crimes including treason and plotting to seize power, and handed down lengthy prison sentences.<\/p>\n<p>The convictions, which a lawyer for the alleged ringleader said were unfounded, highlighted concern in the secular ex-Soviet republic over the influence of neighboring Iran.<\/p>\n<p>   The defendants were arrested in January on suspicion of crimes including plotting to forcefully seize power, treason, organizing a criminal group, possession of weapons and drugs, and counterfeiting. Authorities who announced the arrests did not mention Iran. The suspects had been on trial behind closed doors for two months.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged leader, Said Dadashbeyli, and two others were sentenced to 14 years in prison, while the rest received sentences ranging from two years to 13, the Court for Grave Crimes said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) &Atilde;&cent;&acirc;&#130;&not;&acirc;&#128;&#157;&nbsp; A court in Azerbaijan on Monday convicted 15 people accused of ties with Iranian intelligence of crimes including treason and plotting to seize power, and handed [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-4479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-a-world","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Azerbaijan court convicts 15 People cccused of ties with Iranian intelligence - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00e2\u0080\u009d&nbsp; 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