Iranian prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for several individuals accused of spying for the United States, Iran’s spokesman for the judiciary announced.
of the nuclear deal last year, responded to Tehran’s decision Monday saying Iran was “playing with fire.”
Esmaili did not elaborate on when the suspected spies had been arrested or on how many there are in custody. Iran said last year that it had arrested"tens of spies" in state bodies, many of whom were dual nationals, according to Reuters. In June, Tehran said it had executed a former contract employee of the defense ministry aerospace body on charges of spying for the CIA, according toEsmaili added that Iranian intelligence services had identified U.S. spies operating around the globe and had informed its allies of suspected spies in their territories.
“One example is China who upon receiving the information from us arrested and executed the spies,” he added. NBC News reached out to the Chinese foreign ministry but did not immediately receive a response. This is not the first time Iran has made such claims. In April, Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said Iran had identifiedthat from around 2009 to 2013, the U.S. intelligence community experienced intelligence failures originating in Iran that resulted in more than two dozen sources dying in China. NBC News could not independently confirm this report., revealing the identity of a U.S. intelligence officer and helping target her former colleagues, according to the Justice Department.
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