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Iran arrests 30 people suspected of spying for US
TEHRAN : The Iranian intelligence ministry announced that it had uncovered and dismantled a network suspected of spying
TEHRAN: The Iranian intelligence ministry announced that it had uncovered and dismantled a network suspected of spying for the United States and made 30 arrests, state television reported on Saturday.
"Due to the massive intelligence and counter-intelligence work by Iranian intelligence agents, a complex espionage and sabotage network linked to America's spy organisation was uncovered and dismantled," a ministry statement
read out on the television said.
"Elite agents of the intelligence ministry in their confrontation with the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) elements were able to arrest 30 America-linked spies through numerous intelligence and counter-intelligence operations," it added.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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