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[B]Iran has arrested 12 spies of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the official IRNA news agency reports.[/B]
Parviz Sorouri, an influential lawmaker, said the agents were targeting Iran's military and its nuclear programme.
He said they were operating in co-ordination with Israel's Mossad and other regional agencies.
The United States and its allies suspect Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon program, a charge Tehran denies.
Mr Sorouri, a member of the powerful National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, did not give the nationality of the alleged agents, nor when they were arrested.
"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 was quoted as saying.
"Fortunately, these steps failed due to the quick measures taken by Intelligence Ministry officials," Mr Sorouri said.
Spy ring
The Iranian claim follows reports in the US that Lebanon's Hezbollah has unravelled a CIA spy ring within the Shia militant organisation. Hezbollah has close ties to Iran.
Reports quoting US intelligence officials emerged this week appearing to suggest that a number of US spies had been unmasked and that their lives were now in danger in Lebanon.
In Lebanon, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the reports were true. "Lebanese intelligence vanquished US and Israeli intelligence in what is now known as the intelligence war," he told the AFP news agency.
In June the group's leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, said on TV that he had unmasked at least two CIA spies who had infiltrated the ranks of the organisation.
Although the US Embassy in Beirut initially said there was no substance to the accusations, the Associated Press reports that American officials later conceded that Nasrallah had been telling the truth.
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.[/release]
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15879086"]Source[/URL]
Nice find.
Can't we all just get along? :(
Fucking US...
[QUOTE=Clunj;33429765]Can't we all just get along? :([/QUOTE]
Obviously not.
Too bad we probably won't know whether this is legitimate or not until quite a while.
First Russia targets US missile shield then [I]this?[/I]
Somethings up, and I think it can turn very ugly.
Jesus Christ. All the events for 2012 are starting to line up.
I wonder if they've actually arrested spies or if they're just saying they're spies.
I wonder what would happen if the US caught Iranian spies in the US
wouldn't surprise me if these 12 'spies' blew their cover by being critical of the iranian government! but then again it wouldn't surprise me if they were legit too.
This isn't even a tenth of the spies the US probably has in Iran alone.
More warmongering bullshit.
[QUOTE=Mr.T;33429791]First Russia targets US missile shield then [I]this?[/I]
Somethings up, and I think it can turn very ugly.[/QUOTE]
haha are you kidding?
this happens all the time
like the Russians being unhappy about missile defense is older than most people on this forum
[editline]26th November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Lachz0r;33429799]wouldn't surprise me if these 12 'spies' blew their cover by being critical of the iranian government! but then again it wouldn't surprise me if they were legit too.[/QUOTE]
it's impossible to deal because both parties are so shady
Good on them, spies are for pussy governments
[QUOTE=ejonkou;33429773]Fucking US...[/QUOTE]
Yep, America is the [i]only[/i] country spying.
[QUOTE=markg06;33429797]I wonder if they've actually arrested spies or if they're just saying they're spies.[/QUOTE]
That's what occurred to me.
[QUOTE=DrBreen;33429887]Good on them, spies are for pussy governments[/QUOTE]
So, all governments ever. Okay.
Any other country would do the same thing if they found foreign spies lurking around.
Oh please
Iran would arrest wind if they could for crossing their border for spying
[QUOTE=Mr.T;33429791]First Russia targets US missile shield then [I]this?[/I]
Somethings up, and I think it can turn very ugly.[/QUOTE]
Russia's been bitching about the shield for years now and espionage has existed ever since humanity does.
Nothing new here.
[QUOTE=TankMan;33429794]Jesus Christ. All the events for 2012 are starting to line up.[/QUOTE]
ahaaha
[QUOTE=ejonkou;33429773]Fucking US...[/QUOTE]
like no one has spies, also we are spying on their nuclear program.
[QUOTE=ejonkou;33429773]Fucking US...[/QUOTE]
Almost all countries worth their weight have spies. Iran probably has spies in the US.
Oh, and in a pizza hut:
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Mr Sorouri's comments follow reports on Monday that Iran and the Lebanese Shiite militia, Hezbollah, had identified alleged CIA informants, including a network based in a Pizza Hut.
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Read more: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/world/iran-raises-stakes-with-claims-it-has-netted-12-us-spies-20111125-1nz6g.html#ixzz1ejc0Q4za[/url]
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;33431470]Oh, and in a pizza hut:
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Mr Sorouri's comments follow reports on Monday that Iran and the Lebanese Shiite militia, Hezbollah, had identified alleged CIA informants, including a network based in a Pizza Hut.
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Read more: [url]http://www.smh.com.au/world/iran-raises-stakes-with-claims-it-has-netted-12-us-spies-20111125-1nz6g.html#ixzz1ejc0Q4za[/url][/QUOTE]
Maybe we'll know whats in the secret sauce
I hate it when foreign countries go "IT IS A GLORIOUS DAY, WE HAVE VANQUISHED THE AGGRESSIVE MILITANT WEST'S ATTEMPTS TO OVERTHROW OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY" when they capture a ship or a few dudes.
[QUOTE=Clunj;33429765]Can't we all just get along? :([/QUOTE]
The guy with the funny name who's President over there wants to nuke Israel.
I guess not.
[QUOTE=markg06;33429797]I wonder if they've actually arrested spies or if they're just saying they're spies.[/QUOTE]
Loads of nuclear scientists have been assassinated in Iran, their activity has been active for [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html"]quite a while now[/URL].
This also seems to corroborate their capture (in reference to the Lebanon Pizza spies)
[release]Although the US Embassy in Beirut initially said there was no substance to the accusations, the Associated Press reports that [B]American officials later conceded that Nasrallah had been telling the truth.[/B][/release]
[QUOTE=TheTalon;33430577]Oh please
Iran would arrest wind if they could for crossing their border for spying[/QUOTE]
[[I]citation needed[/I]]
Oh cripes.
[QUOTE=DesolateGrun;33431006]like no one has spies, also we are spying on their nuclear program.[/QUOTE]
And killing citizens and funding actual terrorist groups in Iran.
[editline]25th November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;33431780]The guy with the funny name who's President over there wants to nuke Israel.
I guess not.[/QUOTE]
> Iran adamantly denies pursuing nuclear weapons
> “Iran's president said he's going to nuke Israel”
Makes total sense man.
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