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Iran Starts Trial of CIA Spy

27 December 2011 17:03 (UTC +04:00)

Iran on Tuesday started trial of a young spy of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who was tasked with infiltrating the Iranian intelligence apparatus, APA reports quoting â€œFarsâ€ news agency.
During the trial, the suspect named Amir Mirzayee Hekmati first introduced himself and then confessed to his motivation behind its efforts to infiltrate the Islamic Republic of Iran’s intelligence system as a CIA agent.
"In this mission I was fooled by the CIA and although I had entered Iran with a mission to infiltrate in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s intelligence systems and to turn into a new source for the CIA, I didn’t want to hit a blow to Iran," Mirzayee Hekmati said. Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced earlier this month that it has arrested an agent of the CIA in Iran immediately after he started his spying activities inside the country. The arrested spy has been born in Arizona of the US and has a track record of ten years of training as a professional spy. Amir Mirzayee Hekmati was employed by the US Army’s intelligence section in August 2001. In his confession that was broadcasted by Iranian TV at the time, Mirzayee Hekmati explained his secret mission in Iran.