Iran says U.s. spied arrests 30 people (Reuters)

TEHRAN (Reuters)-Iran has been arrested, said an official in the United States, were spying, the media reported on Saturday to 30 people.

"The Intelligence Ministry, the active and devout sets ... with CIA agents arrested 30 people in confrontations with gold, which were the American spies," a State TV announced a lunchtime News.

According to the semi-official Fars News Agency, the suspects had passed information to the officials of the United States ' embassies or consular offices in third countries, including Malaysia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

It said Iran had identified 42 Us intelligence officers in such countries, saying: "they are engaged in the collection of information on Iran's nuclear industry, aviation, defense and bio-technology," and "as available" basis, inter alia, the benefit.

Iran's espionage can carry the death penalty.

Washington did not have any diplomacy in Iran since the 1979 revolution, when the backup is complete, the šaahi of the United States, and was followed by the US Embassy long occupation.

In the United States showed the WikiLeaks Web site published by the diplomatic cables are data collection offices of the countries neighbouring Iran, where the diplomats would aim to glean intelligence on the way to the Iranians.

Arrests after the two days of the date on which the notification becomes the US President Barack Obama's speech on the Middle East, reiterating Tehran is sponsoring terrorism in the view of Washington, and is seeking nuclear weapons, charges Iran denies,.

(Reports Of The Mitra Amiri; WRITTEN By Robin Pomeroy)

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Egypt arrests three ex-Ministers

17 February 2011, last updated at 17: 49 -ET-Habib el Adly is accused, so that they are deadly police violence during the Egyptian authorities have arrested three ex-Ministers, the former Interior Minister protests also Habib el Adly, judicial sources said.

Mr. Adly and the ex-Ministers of housing and tourism, Ahmed Zuhair Garana Maghrabi and arrested together with steel Tycoon Ahmed Mohamed 15 days.

All four of which are already prohibited from abroad, deny all wrongdoing in this area.

Suspicions of corruption at the top of the fuel protests, which the President Hosni Mubarak was forced last week.

Four prominent figures from the liaison officers say the Mubarak era arrest is a temporary military-led Government tries to quell the unrest continued.

Payments were Mr. Maghrabi Garana and Episteme and anonymous user (S) Episteme and anonymous user (S), Mohamed last week, former Minister of trade and industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid, arising out of or in connection with the contest including misconduct.

Abuse of authority on the prevention of money laundering and Thursday squandering wealth in the State, the four men were arrested vary.

Mubarak calls for Inquiry

Mr. Adly was the adoption of the massive demonstrations against the police officers, President Mubarak Cairo and other cities and some riot police force against Klimaflüchtlinge deadly for the accused.

Mr. Adli froze prosecutors and members of his family, that 4 m over the Egyptian pound (£ 420,000; $ 680,000) were transferred to his personal account of the contractor's company, reports by the news agency Reuters, the head of the Egyptian State TV quoting accusations of bank accounts.

Some of the policemen are hoping the public prosecutor's Office, the former Minister of the environment and even execution.

Ahmed Mohamed ally, President Mubarak was near

Mr. Mohamed is Mr. Mubarak, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the party and the owner of Ezz steel.

The company said in a statement last week, he strongly denied the accusations against him, and research is a personal thing that affect its behavior.

Overall, around a dozen ex-Ministers and businessmen are now being investigated by the corruption and the abuse of authority, the Associated Press news agency reports.

Anti-corruption Replica has been pressing the prosecutors, Mr. Mubarak and his family, corresponding to the initiation of the investigation.

Family wealth-anywhere from $ lisämiljardi-$ 70bn-has come under increasing scrutiny, because Mr. Mubarak resigned after 11 February, three decades in power.

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