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Ten people spying for Iran arrested in Saudi Arabia - official

22 May 2013 10:18 (UTC+04:00)
Ten people spying for Iran arrested in Saudi Arabia - official

Ten people spying for Iran were arrested in Saudi Arabia, an official representative of the Saudi Arabian intelligence service Mansour al-Turki was quoted by Al Arabiya TV channel as saying.

He added that among those detained, there were eight people from Saudi Arabia, one Turkish citizen and one Lebanese citizen.

It was learned that they have been engaged in Iranian backed espionage activities in Turkey for several months.

He also stressed that this is the second group of spies working for Iran neutralized over the past few months.

Previously, a group of 27 people was neutralized, 24 of whom were from Saudi Arabia.

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