Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Jailed British-Iranian mother "facing new charges"" video.

  1. Persian User she was visiting her family. It's very unlikely she had access to anything worth spying on. Now if she had access to the Iran ICBM or WMD programs then Iran might have a case. Suddenly finding new charges just after trump rips up the deal is just coincidence I suppose. If this is supposed to put pressure on the uk, it's a waste of time. It will appear on the world news and the public will shift to agreeing with Trump. Bit of an own goal Iran. Burning the American flag in the Iran parliament was also a bad idea. It just confirms the public opinion in the west. Trump is a monster, but Iran is handing him a publicity victory. Every time someone challenges his actions, the us media will show the flag burning and highlight the spy charges against the poor mother visiting her family.
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  2. Persian User bit tricky for a school teacher to access national secrets. Keep her in prison and you are handing trump a publicity victory. He will point to her imprisonment and say Iran is a evil police state. Public opinion will rally behind him and he will do as he likes. When he puts sanctions on European firms investing in Iran and their government's protest, he will use this case as justification, saying the European governments but trade above the safety of their citizens and the European governments will be forced to back down. In other words he is playing the game better than Iran.
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  3. Persian User strange way to go about getting it. The the UK government an excuse to stop the payment. Again he us will put pressure on the UK not to return the money, which I believe belongs to Iran. You really do not understand, she is not a bargaining chip, she is a liability to Iran as she provides a continuing propaganda victory for the anti Iran factions in the west. Israel and the US will want her to stay right where she is. She will be used to show Iran is an evil police state and this will drown out any pro. Iran comments. I do not know if she is a spy or not, I think it is unlikely given her job, but holding her makes her a marta and a liability to the Iranian position. Burning the US flag may have felt good, but it was really bad politics. It was a pointless gesture that handed the western media a counter it can run anytime there is positive comments made about Iran in the US.
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  4. Persian User would these include being subject to sanctions? Just when I thought Iran was becoming more liberal and less extreme. Seems that Iran quickly fell back into the stereo type that the west sees you.
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