( CNN ) -- Iran has charged two German journalists who interviewed the son and lawyer of a woman condemned to die by stoning with espionage , Iranian media reported Tuesday . `` Their reports and propaganda in Tabriz proved that they are in the country for spying , '' Malek Ajdar Shafiee , the head of the Justice Department of East Azarbaijan , was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars News Agency . The two men , identified only as a reporter and photojournalist , were arrested last month in the northwest city of Tabriz after they interviewed the son and lawyer of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani , who was convicted of adultery in 2006 and sentenced to death by stoning . The Iranian government also says Ashtiani was involved in her husband 's murder , a charge her family has denied . The charges against the two Germans comes the day after they were shown on Iranian state-run television . The program produced by Iran 's Channel 2 , quoted one of the men saying that they were `` tricked '' by an activist with the German-based International Committee Against Stoning , into entering the country illegally . The unnamed man told the television station that the committee 's spokeswoman , Mina Ahadi , used the journalists for her own gain . `` Mina Ahadi sent me to Iran because she knew she would benefit from my arrest , and I 'll sue her when I get back to Germany , '' the man said . Ahadi denied that the journalists traveled on behalf of the anti-stoning organization . Meanwhile , a German diplomat based in the embassy in Tehran was granted consular access for a second time Tuesday to the two German nationals , the German Foreign Office said in a statement . Monday 's broadcast also showed a woman identified as Ashtiani . The woman , whose face was blurred and whose words were translated from the Azeri language to Farsi , blamed Ahadi for spreading false information about her case around the world . Ashtiani 's son Sajjad Gaderzadeh and her lawyer Hootan Kian , were also interviewed on the program , the first time they have appeared on television since their arrests last month . Kian , a government-appointed lawyer , has been critical of the government 's handling of Ashtiani 's case . He said in August that she was being tortured while in prison and that he also feared for his own life . Gaderzadeh said Kian had told him that his mother was being tortured . `` Unfortunately I listened to them and lied to the foreign media about everything , '' he said on the program . This is the third time Ashtiani has appeared on state-run television confessing to the charges of adultery and murder . `` I am a sinner , '' she said Monday on the program . The International Committee Against Stoning condemned the televised confession . `` The Islamic Republic of Iran 's goal in airing this program is to agitate public opinion against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani and Mina Ahadi , yet despite all efforts , in and of itself the program is a powerful reflection of the international campaign to save Sakineh , '' said a statement from the organization . Iranian courts have said Ashtiani 's case is still under review .
The Germans were arrested after interviewing a woman 's son and lawyer . They said on Iranian TV they were tricked and used by anti-stoning activists . The two men were identified only as a reporter and photojournalist . Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was sentenced to die by stoning for adultery .