in Iran and Lebanon had been caught and faced execution.
However, both The Associated Press and The Washington Post followed up the story and reported that a US network targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon had been rolled up, but said nothing about any arrests in Iran.
All three reports agreed that sloppy tradecraft in Lebanon had led to US spies there being exposed and detained by Hezbollah.
The ABC news report was almost entirely about the loss of spies in Lebanon. It only contained a few references to Iran and no details.