Iran Is Not A Happy Bunny.

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I was surprised that even the Trump-hating BBC had to offer that the 'spy-grab' is dubious in an analysis.
But such is the propaganda today!

Iranian power struggle?
Analysis by Kasra Naji, BBC Persian

'Many observers of the Iranian political scene view the latest Iranian claim with deep scepticism.
On Monday, Iran's intelligence ministry said it had broken up a spy ring connected to the CIA last month.

But confusingly it added that the 17 alleged spies had already been arrested last year.
Some believe that 17 is the sum total of all those arrested on suspicion of spying over many years.
They are all Iranians.

According to one account from Iran's notorious Evin prison, there are many inmates there accused of spying
for a range of countries.

But why the intelligence ministry is coming up with such a story now probably has more to do with its rivalry
with the intelligence unit of the Revolutionary Guards than with new arrests.

Just two weeks ago Iranian state TV broadcast the last episode of a docu-drama that glorified the intelligence
unit and portrayed the government of President Hassan Rouhani as ineffective and weak in the face of Western
espionage.

Now, the intelligence ministry is hitting back with its own documentary in which it is claiming its own major
successes in tackling espionage. It seems rival intelligence agencies in Iran are engaged in a very public power
struggle for everyone to see on state TV...'

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