Iran sentenced to 15 years in prison with two people charged with spying for the CIA and infringing on national security, but their identities have not been disclosed.

"Two CIA agents working under the guise of an organization and charity were discovered, tried and sentenced to 10 years for espionage and 5 years for violating national security," Iranian Ministry of Justice spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said during a press conference broadcast live on the ministry's website today.

Esmaili added that the identities of the two defendants have not been released because the sentence is still incomplete.

The Iranian counterintelligence last November arrested eight people suspected of being linked to the CIA after protests against fuel price increases across the country. The agency said six of the eight people arrested were believed to have "participated in riots and performed their assigned duties," and the remaining two were accused of seeking to collect and transfer information abroad,

Tensions between the United States and Iran have been aggravated since the United States withdrew from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement last year and escalated after Washington's air raid killed General Qassem Soleimani earlier this month, prompting Tehran to retaliate with a missile strike. aimed at bases with US troops stationed in Iraq.

The US on January 10 announced a new sanctions on eight senior officials and 17 Iranian metal producers.