Iran, locked in a worsening political standoff with Western powers, has handed down death sentences to several nationals accused of being part of a CIA-trained spy network uncovered earlier this year, an official said on Monday.
Seventeen people were arrested in all, a senior intelligence official told foreign media in Tehran. None of the suspects is a dual national, according to the official, who declined to be identified and didn’t say how many were sentenced to death.
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