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Iran: We busted thirty US spies

Iran has arrested 30 people it claims were spying for the United States.

Iran’s secret service said its agents uncovered activities of a CIA-run espionage network that sought to recruit Iranian spies through US diplomatic missions in the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Turkey, among others.

“The Intelligence Ministry’s active and pious forces . . . arrested 30 people who were spies for America,” Iran’s state-run TV announced yesterday.

Iran also said its secret service agents identified 42 US intelligence officers working outside its borders.