The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that 12 spies, their nationalities unknown, that are working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been arrested by the Iran Government.
The reason for the arrest according to Parviz Sorouri, an influential lawmaker, was that the CIA agents were spying on Iran’s military, its nuclear programme and that they were operating in co-ordination with Israel’s Mossad and other regional agencies.
“The U.S. and Zionist regime’s espionage apparatuses were trying to damage Iran both from inside and outside with a heavy blow, using regional intelligence services,” Sorouri was quoted via an interview last Wednesday.
“The US and Zionist regime’s espionage apparatuses were trying to use regional intelligence services, both inside and outside Iran, in order to deal a strong blow to our country,” he added.
The United States and its allies suspect Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon program, a charge Tehran denies.
In May, Iran said it had arrested 30 people after breaking up a spy network run by the CIA.
It said the network had operated out of American diplomatic missions in the Malaysia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to recruit Iranians as spies.
The news follows closely behind reports on Monday that Lebanon’s Hezbollah had uncovered several alleged CIA informants. Afterwards, reports started to come in from US officials which backed up the claims, suggesting that the lives of several agents in the region are in danger.
Sorouri did not specify the nationality of the alleged CIA agents arrested in the country, nor did he comment on when or where the arrests were made.
Source: Associated Press
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