Iran captured 17 spies working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported on ...
DUBAI: Iran captured 17 spies working for the US Central Intelligence Agency and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported on Monday .
Iran announced in June that it had broken up an alleged CIA spy ring but it was unclear whether Monday's announcement was linked to the same case. Last week Iran captured a British tanker after Britain's Royal Marines seized an Iranian tanker on Jul 4.In a statement read on state television, the Ministry of Intelligence said 17 spies were arrested during the Iranian calendar year that ended in March 2019.
In a separate report, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a Ministry of Intelligence official as saying some of those arrested had been sentenced to death.
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