Iran said it would soon execute an Iranian citizen for allegedly giving details about the country’s nuclear program to the U.S., after arresting more than a dozen people last year on charges of spying for America
TEHRAN— as tensions worsened between Tehran and Washington.
Amir Rahimpour received “big payments” for spying for the Central Intelligence Agency, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili as saying Tuesday, adding that Iran’s top court had upheld his death sentence.
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