The Guardian | Julian Borger: Interview given by MI6 officer in 1980s was discovered in research for new documentary A first-hand account of Britains role in the 1953 coup that overthrew the elected prime minister of Iran and restored the shah to power has been published for the first time. The account by the MI6 officer who ran the operation ...

The Iranian man arrested for spying for British intelligence was helping foreign governments impose EU sanctions on covert oil shipping operations, parliamentarians in the country have been briefed. An Iranian MP revealed the alleged MI6 agent was passing information on Iran's shipping industries to its "enemies", to be used in international ...

Daily look at Iran's late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran arrests MI6 spy Iranian security forces identified and arrested a MI6 spy in southeastern Kerman Province, said Head of Kerman Revolution Court Dadkhoda Salari.   Official: Irans oil exports to hit 1.3 mbpd next year Iran is planning to considerably increase its crude ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian security forces identified and arrested a MI6 spy in southeastern Kerman Province, said Head of Kerman Revolution Court Dadkhoda Salari. "The spy was arrested after several months of complex intelligence activities," Salari told ISNA. The accused individual has visited British intelligence officers 11 times inside and outside ...