Two Iranian doctors whose arrests last year sparked concern in the West are among people accused of involvement in a U.S.-sponsored plot to overthrow Iran's Islamic system of government, a news agency reported Monday.
Iran's judiciary last week said four people had been arrested in connection with the plot, which it said was financed and supported by the United States, but it did not name them, reported Reuters.
"Intelligence Ministry officials gave the names of two of the four arrested ... as doctors Arash and Kamiar Alaei," the semi-official Fars News Agency said.
The European Union in August called on the Islamic Republic to release the two doctors, who specialize in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and who were arrested in June. The U.S. State Department has also expressed concern.
Iran often accuses the West of seeking to undermine the Islamic state through a "soft" or "velvet revolution" with the help of intellectuals and others inside the country.
