Donald Trump has denied the alleged arrest of a CIA spying network in Iran

At a time of increasing disagreements between the two countries, Iran has announced the dismantling of a CIA (US intelligence center) spying network operating in that country. According to their information, they had been recruited to investigate the country's nuclear and military objectives. "It's a totally false information", said a few hours later, President Donald Trump.

The Director General of Counter-Intelligence of the Islamic Republic said in a statement that 17 people had been arrested in the past year and some had already been tried and tried. sentenced to death or long prison terms.

"The identified spies were working in sensitive private sector centers in nuclear material, economic, military, cybersecurity and infrastructure where they were responsible for collecting clbadified information, "says the official note to which the news agency had access Europa Press. Apparently, the CIA has recruited them via the Internet, with the issue or renewal of visas, at scientific events abroad or by directly recruiting Iranian specialists.

Some of the detainees who, according to the counterintelligence officer, "exchanged honestly with Intelligence (Iranian) and approved their repentance" were used to obtain information from the United States. The alleged agents were not in contact with each other, but they all communicated with a CIA agent and were employed in "major centers of the country", such as than nuclear, said the official.

"The report that Iran captured CIA spies is totally false. True zero is more lies and propaganda, "Trump said on his Twitter account.The US president also said that the Iranian economy" is dead "and that the situation" is going strong ". aggravate "." Iran is a total disaster, "he said.

The CIA did not immediately comment on the information and the agency generally has a policy of not clarifying information about arrests or other situations involving its agents. infiltration or its informants. In this sense, Trump's refusal was very rare and attracted criticism from intelligence experts.
"There is a reason the government never comments on this type of statement. The next time such information will go unanswered, it will be badumed that it is because it is true.said National Security Council spokesman Ned Price.

Although the arrests and court proceedings took place in the past year, their spread occurs at a time of maximum tension between Washington and Tehran, caused by the departure of the United States. multilateral agreement control of nuclear production Iranian

According to the pact signed with the major powers, Tehran has promised to limit the military development of its atomic industry in exchange for the withdrawal of sanctions from Washington and other world powers.

In 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the nuclear deal and since then the other signatories – the UK, France, Germany, China and Russia – have tried to mitigate the consequences, but Iran is not satisfied and has begun to enrich uranium treated by the international treaty, although it is far from the levels necessary to make a atomic weapon.