Espionage
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IAEA susceptible to US' pressure: Prof. Entessar
TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Nader Entessar, Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the University of South Alabama, in an interview with the Mehr news highlighted the US' pressure on IAEA; leveraging the international body to reach its anti-Iranian targets.
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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’.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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VIDEO: CIA agent speaking in Persian
TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – Intelligence Ministry revealed more details on Monday about busting 17 CIA spies in Iran. The video, which is part of a documentary aired today, shows a CIA agent speaking in Persian when talking with a spy about a mission supposedly in UAE.
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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.
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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.
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Movements before Nizar Zakka's departure from Tehran
TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – American-Lebanese national Nizar Zakka, who was jailed in Iran on espionage charges, was conditionally released from prison in Tehran and flew to Beirut on Tuesday.
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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.
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Tehran prosecutor calls on Britain not to interfere in Iran’s affairs over Zaghari’s case
TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Tehran's prosecutor-general Abbas Jafari has said that Nazanin Zaghari has been sentenced in Iran, calling on Britain not to interfere in Iran’s internal affairs.
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Germany bans Iranian airline Mahan
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – The German government has withdrawn permission for the Iranian airline Mahan Air to operate in Germany, a government source told Reuters on Monday.
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Reports on summoning Iran’s charge d'affaires in Germany not confirmed
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MAN) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi did not confirm the reports suggesting that Iran's charge d'affaires has been summoned to Germany’s Foreign Ministry over the suspected espionage case.
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German media claim summoning Iran chargé d'affaires over espionage case
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s chargé d'affaires has been reportedly summoned by German foreign ministry over the recent case of a German-Afghan national held in the European country accused of spying for Iran.
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Tehran dismisses having ties with German-Afghan espionage suspect
TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Iran has strongly dismissed having any link to a German-Afghan man suspected of spying on the German military for Tehran.
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Intelligence Ministry rejects Netanyahu’s claims of spying on Iranian facilities
TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (MNA) – Iran’s Intelligence Ministry rejected the Israeli prime minister's claims that Tel Aviv agents routinely visit Iran for spying on its nuclear program, adding that these are merely ‘delusional remarks’.
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Ex-Israeli regime's min. charged with spying for Iran
TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – A former Israeli regime's energy minister has been charged with passing information to Iran and engaging in acts of espionage against Tel Aviv.
