{"id":55291,"date":"2019-07-22T22:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T22:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/22\/iran-says-it-arrested-17-iranians-allegedly-recruited-by-cia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:55:26","slug":"iran-says-it-arrested-17-iranians-allegedly-recruited-by-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/22\/iran-says-it-arrested-17-iranians-allegedly-recruited-by-cia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it arrested 17 Iranians allegedly recruited by CIA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 Iran on Monday announced the arrest of 17 Iranians accused of spying on the country\u2019s nuclear and military sites for the CIA and said some of them have been sentenced to death. President Donald Trump called it \u201canother lie\u201d from Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arrests happened over the past months, an Iranian intelligence official said at a news conference in Tehran. He said those taken into custody worked on &#8220;sensitive sites&#8221; in military and nuclear installations. The official did not say how many were given death sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement came amid weeks of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2019\/07\/22\/uk-europe-led-mission-will-protect-vital-shipping-in-gulf\/\" target=\"_blank\">rising tensions<\/a> between Washington and Tehran over Trump\u2019s decision to pull the United States out of Iran\u2019s nuclear agreement with world powers last year and impose sweeping sanctions on the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/19\/trump-im-not-worried-about-conflict-with-iran-but-they-will-pay-a-price-if-they-do-something-foolish\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19199690995232.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Trump: I\u2019m not worried about conflict with Iran, but they will \u2018pay a price\u2019 if they do something \u2018foolish\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The comments come after the Trump administration claimed that the Navy\u2019s amphibious assault ship Boxer took defensive action against a drone in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, after the drone got within 1,000 yards of the ship and ignored requests to back off.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said the 17 were recruited by the CIA and had &#8220;sophisticated training&#8221; but did not succeed in their sabotage missions. Their spying missions included collecting information at the facilities where they worked and installing monitoring devices, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said some were staff members at the targeted facilities, and the rest were working as consultant and contractors. The official said the CIA had promised them U.S. visas or jobs in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;That&#8217;s totally a false story. That&#8217;s another lie,&#8221; Trump said at the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203582252429.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this July 21, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the tarmac to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J.\" class=\"wp-image-91088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203582252429.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203582252429.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203582252429.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203582252429.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this July 21, 2019 file photo, President Donald Trump walks on the tarmac to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J. (Manuel Balce Ceneta\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump also said Iran has &#8220;disrespected&#8221; the United States, adding: &#8220;If they want to make a deal, frankly it&#8217;s getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran because they&#8217;ve behaved very badly. They&#8217;re saying bad things.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a former CIA director, declined to address specifics of the arrests but said: &#8220;The Iranian regime has a long history of lying.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think everyone should take with a grain of salt everything that the Islamic Republic of Iran asserts today,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With tensions rising recently, the U.S. has increased its military presence in the region and is sending at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/07\/21\/officials-us-putting-troops-back-in-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\">500 U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia<\/a>, Iran\u2019s rival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203439593341.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"In this July 21, 2019 photo, a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.\" class=\"wp-image-91096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203439593341.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203439593341.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203439593341.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19203439593341.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this July 21, 2019 photo, a speedboat of Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard trains a weapon toward the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (Morteza Akhoondi\/Tasnim News Agency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, U.S. officials said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/23\/us-struck-iranian-military-computers-this-week\/\" target=_blank>American military cyberforces struck Iranian Revolutionary Guard computer<\/a>s, disabling systems that controlled its rocket and missile launchers. The cyberattack came after Trump backed away from an airstrike in response to Iran\u2019s downing of a U.S. surveillance drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iranian official did not give his name but was identified as the director of the counterespionage department of Iran&#8217;s Intelligence Ministry. It is rare in Iran for intelligence officials to appear before media, or for any official to give a news conference without identifying himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2019\/06\/23\/us-struck-iranian-military-computers-this-week\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1151220573.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US struck Iranian military computers this week<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">U.S. military cyber forces launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems on Thursday as President Donald Trump backed away from plans for a more conventional military strike in response to Iran\u2019s downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, U.S. officials said Saturday.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official said some of the agents recruited by the CIA had turned and are now working with his department against the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also handed out a CD with video of what Iran said was a foreign female spy working for the CIA. 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