Tehran - The Iranian security services have arrested 13 people who they claim formed an Israeli espionage network in the southern city of Shiraz. "Thirteen spies who had been working for the Zionists have been arrested," the official IRNA news agency quoted a senior intelligence officer as saying.
"These elements, who were identified and arrested, played a vital role in the espionage network and were arrested on the orders of the court."
The US and Jewish organisations have already declared that the charges are unfounded and called for the immediate release of 13 Iranian Jews who they said were detained in Iran in March and accused of spying.