Espionage

Iran arrests element linked with 2 French spies

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Intelligence Forces announced the detention of a person who was linked with the espionage operations performed by two French nationals in Iran.

UK court approves extradition of Julian Assange to US

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – A court has formally approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the US on espionage charges.

Ecuador revokes Julian Assange’s citizenship

TEHRAN, Jul. 28 (MNA) – Ecuador’s justice system formally notified WikiLeaks founder his naturalisation had been nullified after Ecuadorian authorities said the supporting letter had multiple inconsistencies.

EU chief:

Israeli software scandal 'completely unacceptable' if true

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Monday the spyware scandal involving an Israeli software firm and up to 50,000 smartphone numbers was "completely unacceptable" if true.

Yemen sentences five people to death on espionage charges

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – A criminal court in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa sentenced five people to death charging them with spying for the British Secret Intelligence Service.

3 spy networks dismantled in W Azarbaijan province

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – The director-general of West Azarbaijan Province said Wednesday as many as 3 espionage networks were identified and dismantled in the northwestern province in just 58 days.

Hezbollah downs, controls Israeli drone inside Lebanon

TEHRAN, Feb. 01 (MNA) – Lebanon’s Islamic Resistance has downed and controlled an Israeli drone conducting an espionage mission over Lebanon’s southern town of Blida.

US military spies buying smartphones' data without warrant

TEHRAN, Jan. 24 (MNA) – American military spies have been buying US citizens’ location data collected by smartphone apps without a warrant, according to a recently unclassified memo.

CIA spy executed: Iran Judiciary

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili said that an individual, a Defense Ministry retiree, was executed last week due to his spying for the CIA.

China calls US world’s biggest spy in cyberspace

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Chinese Foreign Ministry’s official spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday that the United States has turned into the biggest actor of espionage in the cyberspace, while also calling it the ‘empire of hackers’.

Leaked documents reportedly shows CIA secretly owned world's top encryption company

TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The US and West German intelligence agencies clandestinely owned the world’s leading manufacturer of encryption devices, Swiss-based Crypto AG, enjoying throughout the Cold War direct access to closely guarded secrets of more than 120 countries, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

France summons Iranian ambassador

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – The French Foreign Ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador over the detention of two French scientists by Iran.

US, UK spies sentenced to jail, death: spokesman

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaeili said that three spies working for US and UK have been sentenced to jail while a fourth one has received a death sentence in the preliminary hearing.

Another heavy blow to US: Iran indentifies 17 CIA spies

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – A senior official at the Iranian Intelligence Ministry has given details about another heavy blow that Iranian intelligence forces have inflicted on the US by busting and charging 17 spies affiliated to the country’s spy agency.

Releasing Nizar Zakka was based on Gen. Aoun’s demand, Nasrallah’s mediation: Iranian official

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – The Spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council Keivan Khosravi says that releasing American-Lebanese national Nizar Zakka from Iranian prison on bail was based on Lebanese president’s demand and Hassan Nasrallah’s mediation.

Intelligence Ministry identifies CIA network in Iran, region

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s intelligence forces have managed to discover a CIA’s espionage network in the country and in the region, said Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi on Friday.