Hours after Islamic Republic of Iran announced on Monday that it has captured 17 people, accusing them of being US spies, Washington has strongly denied the charge.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, “the Iranian regime has a long history of lying…I would take with a significant grain of salt any Iranian assertion about actions that they’ve taken,” Reuters reported.
Tehran claimed that some of the detainees have already charged with death sentence.
Pompeo was not the only American official who immediately dismissed the announcement. US President Donald Trump took on twitter and called the claim “zero truth.”
“The Report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false. Zero truth. Just more lies and propaganda (like their shot-down drone) put out by a Religious Regime that is Badly Falling and has no idea what to do. Their Economy is dead, and will get much worse. Iran is a total mess!” the US President tweeted on Monday.
Tensions has been raising between Washington and Tehran more than ever in the past few days since Iran seized an UK ship in the international water in Gulf.
