Alleged 'spy' confesses on Iranian television
Alleged CIA spy Amir Mirza Hekmati was shown 'confessing' on Iranian state television on Sunday. Hekmati is an American of Iranian origin. State television broadcast a taped interview with Amir Mirza Hekmati, in which he said he had received training by the US intelligence services. The channel said he had been sent to Iran to provide misinformation to Iranian intelligence.What could go wrong?
Iran's Intelligence Ministry said on Saturday it had captured a CIA spy of Iranian origin who had received training in the US Army's intelligence units and spent time at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.
State television showed Hekmati seated, wearing an open-necked shirt.
"They (US agents) told me, 'If you are successful at this mission we can train you further, we can give you other missions ... This mission requires that you travel to Iran,'" he said, appearing calm.
In a video with a voice-over in the channel's main news bulletin, pictures of Hekmati were shown in what seemed to be US military bases.
"I was in a spying center in Bagram (a major US base in Afghanistan) ... I went to Dubai and then ... I flew to Tehran," Hekmati said, without mentioning the date.
"They told me, 'You will become a source of military and intelligence information for the Iranians for three weeks and we will give you money for this and then you will return.'"
Labels: CIA, Iranian nuclear threat, spying
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