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Iran claimed to have busted a spy racket allegedly linked with the US intelligence agency CIA and arrested 30 people for operating an internet network to gather secret data related to Irans nuclear scientists.The Judiciary said Saturday it has dismantled a US-backed cyber network, which was set up to gather information on Irans nuclear scientists and spread unrest after the presidential election. The nexus was formed by anti-Iran groups, including the terrorist Mojahedin Khalq Organisation (MKO), the Judiciary said in a statement, adding that 30 suspects have been arrested. Iran proxy, which was one of the main projects of the campaign, received $50 million from the CIA and the US State Department, the statement said. The program, which allowed Iranians bypass the states filtering system and access the internet, was designed to obtain personal and family information of its users and pass them on to US spy agencies. The network was tasked with recruiting people and sending them to an MKO camp in Iraq and other countries, where they would receive training, the statement said. The network, according to the confession of its arrested members, was also tasked with inviting people to attend rallies and riots after the presidential election in June.
