Iran sentences person to death for spying for the US, report says
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
One person who was jailed along with two others for spying in Iran for the U.S. was sentenced to death on Tuesday in a ruling that has been appealed, reports said.
Reuters, citing the country’s judiciary website, reported that the two other men both received 10-year sentences.
In July, President Trump dismissed claims out of Iran alleging that authorities there had disrupted a CIA spy ring and sentenced several of the plotters to death -- a development that threatened to further inflame an already precarious staredown between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
"The Report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false. Zero truth," Trump tweeted at the time. "Just more lies and propaganda (like their shot down drone) put out by a Religious Regime that is Badly Failing and has no idea what to do. Their Economy is dead, and will get much worse. Iran is a total mess!"
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ALL-NEW FOXBUSINESS.COm
It was not immediately clear if the sentencing was related to the July report.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}
Fox News' Edmund DeMarche contributed to this report