Iran’s claimed arrests of 17 CIA spies ‘totally false’, says Trump

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Donald Trump has said Iran is lying about having arrested 17 Iranian nationals recruited by the CIA to spy on the country’s nuclear and military sites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That’s totally a false story&period; That’s another lie&comma;”<&sol;em> the US president told reporters at the White House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In Tehran&comma; an intelligence official told a news conference that the arrests took place over recent months&comma; and those taken into custody worked on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;sensitive sites” in military and nuclear facilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Intelligence chiefs said some of the 17 have already been sentenced to death&comma; but did not say how many&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">The Report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false&period; Zero truth&period; Just more lies and propaganda &lpar;like their shot down drone&rpar; put out by a Religious Regime that is Badly Failing and has no idea what to do&period; Their Economy is dead&comma; and will get much worse&period; Iran is a total mess&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Donald J&period; Trump &lpar;&commat;realDonaldTrump&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump&sol;status&sol;1153290669424807936&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 22&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump also said Iran has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;disrespected” the US&comma; and that it is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;getting harder” for him to want to make a deal with Tehran to replace the 2015 nuclear deal he pulled out of last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He called Iran a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;very mixed up country” with big economic problems and a restive population&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They have a lot of problems&comma;”<&sol;em> he said&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So&comma; whatever it is&comma; I’m just going to sit back and wait” to see whether Tehran will agree to negotiate limits on its nuclear programme and other activities&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If they want to make a deal&comma; frankly it’s getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran because they’ve behaved very badly&period; They’re saying bad things&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tensions with the West escalated on Friday when Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz&period; On Monday&comma; British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt accused Tehran of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an act of state piracy” that he said must be met with a co-ordinated international reaction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Just spoke 2 Iranian FM Zarif &amp&semi;expressed extreme disappointment that having assured me last Sat Iran wanted 2 deescalate situation they have behaved in the opposite way&period;This has 2 be about actions not words if we are to find a way through&period;British shipping must &amp&semi; will be protected<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Jeremy Hunt &lpar;&commat;Jeremy&lowbar;Hunt&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Jeremy&lowbar;Hunt&sol;status&sol;1152574307844988928&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">July 20&comma; 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