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Jailed Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard released: Israeli PM office

Iran Press TV

Fri Nov 20, 2015 9:42AM

Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy who had been imprisoned in a US jail, has been released, according to a statement by the office of the Israeli prime minister.

Pollard was arrested in 1985 for selling classified US documents to Israel while working as a civilian intelligence analyst for the American Navy. He was given a life sentence two years later.

The 61-year-old was freed on parole Friday after three decades in a US federal prison.

The former US Navy intelligence officer had been serving a life sentence in the Butner prison in North Carolina.

Under the terms of Pollard's parole, he must remain in the US between two and five years.

US-born Pollard was granted Israeli "citizenship" 20 years ago, years after his conviction on one count of espionage against the United States.



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