Iran claims it has dismantled a US cyber espionage network

Iran has repeatedly been accused of cyber espionage. (AFP/File photo)

LONDON: A senior Iranian security official said Monday Tehran had recently exposed and dismantled a “large US cyber espionage network."
The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, was quoted as saying by the state broadcaster IRIB that several CIA agents were arrested after Tehran shared intelligence with its allies.
Iran has repeatedly been accused of cyber espionage and running fake social media accounts to harm its enemies and promote its own propaganda.

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