Reuters - Iranian security agents arrested at least eight people linked to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency during last week�s unrest over gasoline price hikes, the official news agency IRNA reported on Wednesday.

�These elements had received CIA-funded training in various countries under the cover of becoming citizen-journalists,� IRNA quoted the Intelligence Ministry as saying. �Six were arrested while attending the riots and carrying out (CIA) orders and two while trying to ... send information abroad.�

Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Kevin Liffey