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US espionage network eliminated

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 21, IRNA -- Iran’s Information (Intelligence) Ministry announced Saturday that it has identified and eliminated a complicated espionage and sabotage network related to the CIA.

The ministry’s Public Relations Office said in a statement that its forces inside and outside the country have succeeded to discover and completely destroy the network which was “affiliated to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).”

The network was “established by a number of the leading CIA members” in some of the world countries, said the statement.

It added that the US-related espionage network was working as the so-called job-finding centers attracting Iranian civilians to cooperate with them by promising them job and education opportunities.

They also deceived Iranians by promising them to receive visa and entry permissions to the US, added the statement.

It noted that the network was discovered through bravery of the dedicated Iranian intelligence forces.

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