Iran Says It Captured 17 CIA Agents

Orkhan Jalilov

Iran’s intelligence ministry has said it has detained 17 “trained intelligence officers” of the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operating inside Iran at sensitive facilities, adding that some will be sentenced to death.

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