Iran says it has arrested 17 CIA spies, and that some of them have already been sentenced to death
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday cast doubt on Iran's claim that it had arrested a group of CIA spies, contending that the Islamic Republic "has a long history of lying."
The arrests took place over the past months and those taken into custody worked on “sensitive sites” in the country’s military and nuclear facilities, an Iranian intelligence official told a press conference in Tehran.Asked about the reported arrests, Pompeo said he "can't add much to it specifically," but "would urge everyone who’s reading that story waking up to understand that the Iranian regime has a long history of lying.
The official claimed that none of the 17, who allegedly had “sophisticated training,” had succeeded in their sabotage missions. Their spying missions included collecting information at the facilities they worked at, carrying out technical and intelligence activities and transferring and installing monitoring devices, he said.
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