Iran to Execute Alleged CIA Spy

Iran to Execute Alleged CIA Spy
Iranians burn U.S and Israeli flags as they gather to mourn General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, who was killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran Jan. 4, 2020. (Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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A man sentenced to death in Iran for spying for the CIA and attempting to pass on information about Tehran’s nuclear program will be executed soon, authorities said on Feb. 4, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.
“Amir Rahimpour who was a CIA spy and got big pay and tried to present part of Iran’s nuclear information to the American service had been tried and sentenced to death and recently the supreme court upheld his sentence and he will see the consequences of his action soon,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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