Iran Intelligence Chief Acknowledges Having Israeli Spy

Iran's intelligence minister says the recruitment of a former cabinet-level official from a "hostile" country is a sign of his counter-espionage agency's power.

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Tehran, Iran (AP) -- Iran's intelligence minister has boasted on state television about his country's successful recruitment of a former Cabinet-level official from a "hostile" country, signaling Tehran's first acknowledgment of compromising an arrested Israeli official.

Speaking on state TV late Tuesday, Mahmoud Alavi claimed his agency had a "member of the Cabinet of a hostile country" in hand.