Suspects Charged With Spying for Israel, U.S.
Iran has arrested more than 10 people since March 21 on charges of revealing its nuclear secrets to Israeli and U.S. intelligence agencies, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said.
Yunesi said the suspects were detained in Tehran and in the southern Hormozgan province, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
The minister said the identity of those detained would not be revealed before trial but said three of them were employees of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the rest were not government employees.
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