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US Denies Iran's Claim to Have Dismantled, Arrested CIA Cyber Spies

Michael Lipin

   This article originated in [1]VOA's Persian Service.

   The United States has denied new claims by Iranian officials that
   Tehran and its allies have dismantled a U.S. cyber-spying network as
   part of a purported operation that led to multiple arrests of U.S.
   agents.

   In a Tuesday statement issued in response to a query from VOA Persian,
   a U.S. official who declined to be identified, disputed Iran's
   assertions that it recently successfully targeted a U.S. spy network.

   Earlier Tuesday, Iranian state-run [2]news agency IRNA quoted an
   unnamed director-general of Iran's intelligence ministry as saying his
   department recently had "identified and dismantled" a U.S. Central
   Intelligence Agency (CIA) cyber-espionage network. The official said
   Iranian authorities detained and transferred some of the U.S. agents to
   the judiciary, while other detained agents were undergoing further
   investigation.

   Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani made a
   similar assertion the day before. Iranian state media cited him as
   saying Tehran provided its allies with information about the alleged
   CIA network, leading to the arrests of a number of spies in various
   countries. Neither Shamkhani nor the Iranian intelligence official
   specified how many alleged CIA agents were arrested or which other
   countries were involved in dismantling the network.

   No other countries had announced arrests in connection with the
   purported Iranian-led anti-CIA operation by late Tuesday.

References

   1. https://ir.voanews.com/
   2. http://bit.ly/2WRjDki

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