Subject: Funny: Spies in the Wild: Iran Jails Conservationists to Curb Animal Espionage Thu Jul 11, 2019 10:14 pm
Iran’s laughably paranoid perception of wildlife has taken a turn for the worst. Before the theocratic nation merely imprisoned the animals themselves on espionage charges, now the nation’s own conservationist groups are under fire. Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF), are the latest victims of Iran’s hypervigilant security state. The Tehran-based group was imprisoned early last year on suspicion of spying for Israel, according to National Geographic.
Such suspicions are not new to the theocratic Islamic regime, wherein 14 squirrels were detained in 2007 on suspicion of eavesdropping and later released, according to the National Geographic.
Funny: Spies in the Wild: Iran Jails Conservationists to Curb Animal Espionage