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28 Dec 2011

Iran opens trial of US man who ‘confessed’ to CIA plot

Iran has begun the trial of an American man of Iranian descent accused of being a CIA spy, according to local media. In the hearing, prosecutors cited a "confession" from Amir Mirzai Hekmati aired on state TV earlier this month, the semi-official Fars news agency reports. A lawyer for the 28-year-old rejected the allegations, Fars said. The US say he has been falsely accused and have called for his release
Iran has begun the trial of an American man of Iranian descent accused of being a CIA spy, according to local media. In...
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28 Dec 2011

Iran seeks death for accused U.S. spy

An American man accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported Tuesday. In a closed court hearing, the prosecution applied for capital punishment, the report said, because the suspect, identified as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, "admitted that he received training in the United States and planned to imply that Iran was involved in terrorist activities in foreign countries" after returning to the U.S.
An American man accused by Iran of working for the CIA could face the death penalty, the semiofficial Fars news agency...
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23 Dec 2011

Iran’s spies score ‘stunning achievements’

Israeli officials say Iran, which has been hit several times by mysterious computer viruses, has launched an "ambitious plan" to boost its cyberwar capabilities and is investing $1 billion in cutting-edge technology. If the claim is correct, the Iranian effort underlines what veteran analyst Mahan Abedin calls the "stunning achievements in the intelligence, electronic and cyberwarfare fields" against the West by Tehran's security services in recent months.
Israeli officials say Iran, which has been hit several times by mysterious computer viruses, has launched an "ambitious...
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22 Dec 2011

Iran ends 2011 with a blaze of intelligence

The appearance on Iranian state TV on Sunday of alleged Central Intelligence Agency spy Amir Hekmati is yet another twist in a string of apparent Iranian counter-intelligence successes at the expense of US espionage. The 28-year old Arizona-born man of Iranian origin has been accused by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) of trying to feed disinformation to the ministry with a view to gaining a foothold on the outer reaches of the MOIS. A former member of the United States Marines Corps, Hekmati was apparently detained in September. News of his detention was released just days ago. This apparent counter-intelligence success comes on the heels of the capture of the ultra-secret US RQ-170 Sentinel drone
The appearance on Iranian state TV on Sunday of alleged Central Intelligence Agency spy Amir Hekmati is yet another...
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19 Dec 2011

Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, Alleged CIA Spy, Reportedly Confesses On Iran TV

Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret services. The TV identified the man, apparently in his late 20s, as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an American-Iranian who received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission.
Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret...
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19 Dec 2011

Iran TV Shows Suspected U.S. Spy ‘Confessing’

Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret services. The TV identified the man, apparently in his late 20s, as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an American-Iranian who received special training and served at U.S. military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission.
Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Iran's secret...
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13 Dec 2011

Iran indicts 15 ‘American and Zionist’ spies

Iran's official news agency says the country's judiciary has issued indictments against 15 'American and Zionist' spies. IRNA on Tuesday quoted Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi as saying the suspects carried out espionage activities against Iran.
Iran's official news agency says the country's judiciary has issued indictments against 15 'American and Zionist' spies....
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american hikers, espionage, political prisoners, zionist
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13 Dec 2011

US asks Iran to return downed drone

The US has asked Iran to return a downed surveilance drone. The request came during a Washington press conference by President Barack Obama about the end of US occupation in Iraq. "We have asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond," Obama said on Monday during a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after the two met at the White House. General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, was quoted on Sunday as saying the drone woud not be returned as it was seeking "vital" intelligence about Iran for the US.
The US has asked Iran to return a downed surveilance drone. The request came during a Washington press conference by...
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8 Dec 2011

Iran shows film of captured US drone

Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border. The film was captioned "RQ170 - advanced US spy plane" and carried on the Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network 1 channel. The images show Iranian military officials inspecting the aircraft, which appears to be largely undamaged.
Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan...
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7 Dec 2011

Why is US Playing Crash-and-Tell Over Its Drone

Why are the overseers of Washington's secret missions so eager to play crash-and-tell? -- A starting point: was this an attempt to head off Iran s inevitable showreel of pictures if it has recovered a highly-prized CIA drone? If so, it represents a failure --- so far --- by US intelligence agencies and their political masters, miscalculating Iran s ability --- or readiness --- to put out the images. Instead, it was one of the Americans who blurted out that the RQ-170 had been taken "largely intact", with eager American rivals and enemies awaiting the revelation of details of an elusive technology
Why are the overseers of Washington's secret missions so eager to play crash-and-tell? -- A starting point: was this an...
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7 Dec 2011

Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Bid

The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United States' most hard-to-detect drone into the country to map suspected nuclear sites, according to foreign officials and American experts who have been briefed on the effort.
The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance...
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25 Nov 2011

Iran CIA agent arrests linked to clandestine efforts by Tehran to disperse missiles

Iran's claim to arresting 12 CIA agents in its territory is linked to clandestine efforts by Tehran to disperse missiles around the country, a senior Iran analyst in the US told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Professor Raymond Tanter, adjunct scholar at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and founder of the Washingtonbased Iran Policy Committee, said the Iranians were moving and testing missiles "that would form the first response" to an Israeli strike on Iran s nuclear sites.
Iran's claim to arresting 12 CIA agents in its territory is linked to clandestine efforts by Tehran to disperse missiles...
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24 Nov 2011

Iran arrests 12 ‘CIA spies’ for targeting nuclear plans

Iran has arrested 12 spies of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the official IRNA news agency reports. Parviz Sorouri, an influential lawmaker, said the agents were targeting Iran's military and its nuclear programme. He said they were operating in co-ordination with Israel's Mossad and other regional agencies.
Iran has arrested 12 spies of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the official IRNA news agency reports. Parviz...
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21 Nov 2011

Dozens of U.S. spies captured in Lebanon and Iran

Dozens of spies working for the CIA were captured recently in Lebanon and Iran, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press and ABC News on Monday. The CIA's operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of the U.S. spies, officials told The Associated Press.
Dozens of spies working for the CIA were captured recently in Lebanon and Iran, current and former U.S. officials told...
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8 Oct 2011

Iran Charges Student Who Was In the U.S.

An Iranian who was studying physics in Texas went on trial in Tehran this week on charges related to espionage. Omid Kokabee, 29, a graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin, went home to Iran to visit his family back in February. When Kokabee failed to return to Austin, his friends discovered he had been jailed and charged in Iran with communicating with a hostile government and taking illegal funds.
An Iranian who was studying physics in Texas went on trial in Tehran this week on charges related to espionage. Omid...
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1 Sep 2011

Catching the Internet’s spies in Iran and elsewhere

In August, Google introduced a new, if rather obscure, security feature to its Chrome web browser, designed to be triggered only under extreme circumstances. If you were talking to Google's servers using the web's secure "https" protocol, your browser makes a number of checks to ensure that you are really talking to Google's servers. Like an overly obsessive bouncer, the new code double-checks the identity of any supposed Google site against a Chrome-only list of valid Google identities hardwired into the browser.
In August, Google introduced a new, if rather obscure, security feature to its Chrome web browser, designed to be...
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26 Aug 2011

Hikers’ sentence in Iran is a miscarriage of justice

THE SECRET TRIAL in Iran of two young American hikers, detained near the Iran-Iraq border in 2009, was a parody of justice, and the sentences they received - eight years for illegal entry and espionage - are a travesty. Not a speck of evidence has been publicly presented to substantiate the charges. The two supposed spies speak not a word of Farsi and were carrying nothing more incriminating than cameras.
THE SECRET TRIAL in Iran of two young American hikers, detained near the Iran-Iraq border in 2009, was a parody of...
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23 Aug 2011

Iran tries ‘Israeli spy’ for scientist’s murder

An Iranian man has gone on trial, charged with killing one of the country's nuclear scientists and having links to Israel's Mossad spy agency. State media said Majid Jamali Fashi had confessed to the murder of Massoud Ali Mohammadi, a physics professor at Tehran University, on 12 January 2010.
An Iranian man has gone on trial, charged with killing one of the country's nuclear scientists and having links to...
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3 Jul 2011

26 alleged U.S. intelligence operatives to be tried in absentia

Iran plans to try 26 alleged American intelligence officials in absentia, raising the possibility that it will out U.S. spies who Tehran claims attempted to recruit Iranians as part of a sophisticated intelligence-gathering operation.
Iran plans to try 26 alleged American intelligence officials in absentia, raising the possibility that it will out U.S....
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14 Jun 2011

Iran Spy Claims DC Connection

The man Iran claims it sent out on a secret mission to infiltrate Western intelligence agencies, penetrate the White House, and dupe Iranian opposition leaders in exile is telling his story on Iranian state television.!
The man Iran claims it sent out on a secret mission to infiltrate Western intelligence agencies, penetrate the White...
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30 May 2011

Egypt to expel Iran diplomat spy suspect security

Egypt will expel an Iranian diplomat who was briefly detained on suspicion of spying on the North African country for Tehran s intelligence services, security officials said on Sunday. The officials said the diplomat, who had been released earlier in the day, would be 'expelled within 48 hours.'
Egypt will expel an Iranian diplomat who was briefly detained on suspicion of spying on the North African country for...
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24 May 2011

Calling American captives hikers is `joke’

Iran scoffed Tuesday at the U.S. and allies using the term hikers to describe three Americans charged with espionage, calling it a "joke" and giving no hint that prosecutors would scale back the accusations.
Iran scoffed Tuesday at the U.S. and allies using the term hikers to describe three Americans charged with espionage,...
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3 May 2011

Spy flap weakens Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Electronic surveillance of officials at the highest levels of political power lies at the heart of a rift between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a source close to Tehran's conservative leadership told The Times.
Electronic surveillance of officials at the highest levels of political power lies at the heart of a rift between...
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12 Apr 2011

We need to ‘reveal’ the Iranian file completely

We did not respond to Iran's aggressive conduct until the discovery of its spy network. In fact, we even tried to keep the matter confidential at the beginning under the pretext that the case is in the court. The irresponsible conduct of the Iranian regime, its arrogance towards Gulf states and the provocative statements of its officials should have warned us and we should have been cautious about every small event related to this regime.
We did not respond to Iran's aggressive conduct until the discovery of its spy network. In fact, we even tried to keep...
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1 Apr 2011

Iran rejects Kuwait spy cell allegation

Iran has denounced Kuwait's announcement to expel a number of Iranian diplomats for alleged spying that dates back to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, in a fresh blow for Arab-Persian ties across the Gulf.
Iran has denounced Kuwait's announcement to expel a number of Iranian diplomats for alleged spying that dates back to...
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15 Jan 2011

Iran says 2 downed spy planes were US-operated

Iran said Saturday it has determined that two pilotless spy planes it claims to have shot down were operated by the United States, and offered to put them on public display.
Iran said Saturday it has determined that two pilotless spy planes it claims to have shot down were operated by the...
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15 Jan 2011

Why A Kickboxing Champion Became An Israeli Spy Â

This week Iranian authorities, supporting their claim of an Israeli plot --- including the assassination of Iranian scientists --- to undermine the regime, put Majid Jamali Fash on national television. Fash dutifully confessed to worked for Israeli's intelligence service Mossad, receiving training overseas before returning to Iran to carry out nefarious plots.
This week Iranian authorities, supporting their claim of an Israeli plot --- including the assassination of Iranian...
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