15 get death in S Arabia for spying
The Saudi Arabian government has sentenced 15 people to death and jailed many more over an alleged spy ring that handed secret documents to arch-enemy Iran.
A court in the capital of Riyadh also gave prison terms ranging from six months to 25 years, and acquitted two, over a three-year case that has involved 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan.
Critics have long said the high-profile trial is entirely politically motivated and serves as a distraction from the Gulf state's economic woes.
The 32 were detained in 2013 and went on trial in February charged with an exhaustive list of damning accusations.
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