A Palestinian man walks with his bicycle past a mural depicting U.S. President Donald Trump, in Gaza City, June 24, 2019. Photo courtesy of Telesur
TEHRAN, Iran, July 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry, on Monday, announced that, it has dismantled a spying network inside the country, serving the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States.
A total of 17 people were arrested, linked to the network, said a statement from the ministry.
Some of the detainees have been sentenced to death, it said, but did not identify those arrested.
“The identified spies were employed in sensitive and vital private sector centres, in the economic, nuclear, infrastructural, military and cyber areas… where they collected classified information,” the statement was also cited by Press TV.– NNN-IRNA
