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Iran Upholds Death Sentence For Man Accused Of Giving Nuclear Secrets To CIA

A judiciary spokesman said Amir Rahimpour "received huge amounts of money and attempted to provide the U.S. intelligence service with a part of Iran's nuclear information," FARS News Agency reports.

Updated at 11 a.m. ET

Iran's Supreme Court has affirmed a death sentence for a man accused of giving secrets about the country's nuclear program to the CIA, a government spokesman announced Tuesday.

"Amir Rahimpour who spied for the.

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