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ran has claimed that one of its spies acted as a double agent and infiltrated the Iranian opposition movement as well as foreign intelligence units.

Iran's state television has broadcast a documentary showing a man, identified as Mohammad Reza Madhi, who it said worked his way into the heart of the opposition outside the country and even succeeded in meeting western officials including the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, and the vice president, Joe Biden.

Some opposition groups have questioned the veracity of the claims, raising the possibility that Madhi had been arrested or forced to return to Iran as a result of pressure put on his family at home.

Meanwhile, the Irna state news agency described the programme, in a report published prior to its broadcast, as the confessions of a man deceived by the CIA.