Tehran says it has arrested dozens of spies who it claims worked in state military and nuclear bodies.
Suspects detained by Iranian authorities in 2018 on charges of spying for the United States could face the death penalty, a judiciary spokesman for the Islamic republic has said.
Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said that other suspects who were arrested last year could also get death sentences in military tribunals,"Two of the defendants, who were not military, have received long prison terms," Esmaili said on state television of the suspects, the agency reported. The reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, southern Iran. Tehran has announced it may execute suspected spies for the U.S. as tensions build between the countries over the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme.Tehran's announcement is likely to ramp up tensions with Washington. This week, the Islamic republic announced it had amassed more lthan it was allowed under its 2015 deal with world powers, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action , which the U.S.
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