Iranian officials on Tuesday announced that a man accused of spying for the CIA will soon be executed. The country's judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili, accused Amir Rahimpour of being "a CIA spy," saying he attempted to share "part of Iran’s nuclear information" with the United States' top intelligence agency, Reuters reports. While he didn't release the nationalities of the other two, Esmali did say that they were "working under the cover of an organization and charitable foundation." Iran doesn't recognize dual citizenship, so its judiciary prosecutes those with dual citizenship as Iranian nationals. Zero truth.”The CIA has declined to comment on both situations.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 16:23 UTC