Iran TV shows suspected US spy 'confessing'

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Iran's state TV broadcast video of a young man it claimed was a CIA spy.

19 December,2011 04:14 am

Irans state TV broadcast video of a young man Sunday it claimed was a CIA spy who sought to infiltrate Irans secret services.The TV identified the man, apparently in his late 20s, as Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, an American-Iranian who received special training and served at US military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan before heading to Iran for his alleged intelligence mission.Their (US intelligence) plan was to initially burn some valuable information, to give it free so that (Irans) Intelligence Ministry would see the good things and then would contact me, said in a part of the confession that was broadcast.The voice of an unnamed announcer on the video said US intelligence was certain that Irans secret services would not ignore the data. Therefore, they provided a mix of correct and false information to mislead Irans intelligence but tempt it at the same time.Irans intelligence apparatus overcame the thirst and detected the deception, identified the intelligence corridors (Hekmatis alleged link to U,.S. intelligence) ... and contained the infiltration mission, it said.The TV showed a card with writing in English identifying the bearer as an army contractor. It also showed several photos of the man identified as Hekmati, some of them in military uniform, together with US army officers.There was no immediate comment from Washington.