Iranian intelligence arrests alleged Israeli spy

Iranian authorities arrested an alleged Israeli spy on Monday.

The Intelligence Ministry said the spy was arrested in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan. Several other alleged spies for unspecified other countries were also arrested, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported on Monday.

The Iranian government reported several arrests of alleged spies last year. In August, they arrested several individuals they said spied on Iran’s nuclear program, military, economy and infrastructure for Israel’s Mossad and the United States’ CIA.

Iranian media outlets did not immediately report any further details on the arrest in East Azerbaijan.

The punishment for such crimes can be death. In July, the Iranian government executed a man who allegedly spied on Iranian troops in Syria for the United States and Israel.