US-China citizen given 10 years for espionage in Iran: media

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A Chinese American accused of "Infiltration" in Iran has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, local media reported on Sunday.

Mizanonline published an excerpt from a British Institute of Persian Studies annual report, in which Wang thanked its librarian for helping him make contact with academics in Iran.

The US State Department issued a statement soon afterwards, calling for "The immediate release of all US citizens unjustly detained in Iran so they can return to their families", without referring to any specific person.

Washington has repeatedly called for their release and also for Tehran's cooperation in the case of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007.

Trump has promised to tear up the 2015 nuclear deal struck between Iran and world powers including the United States that lifted some sanctions in return for curbs on Tehran's nuclear programme.

In mid-June, the American Senate backed new sanctions against Iran, denouncing the Islamic republic's "Continued support of terrorism".

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