Iran's judiciary confirmed on Sunday that a Canadian-Iranian member of its nuclear negotiating team had been handed a five-year prison sentence on spying charges.
"Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani... was among some who were accused of spying and providing information for foreigners and had links with two espionage services," judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie told reporters, according to the AFP news agency.