Espionage involves covert intel gathering by trained operatives; risks, methods, and legal lines define its history and present use.
Multiple outlets report that Iran has released an American-Iranian detainee, Dena Karari, who had been held on espionage charges since December 2024. Trump publicly praised the move as a goodwill gesture as US and Iran resume strikes in the region. Karari is traveling back to the United States, where passports were confiscated on exit bans.