Vice President of Intelligence Fred Burton examines holes in Tehran's claims that an Iranian-American recently arrested in Iran was working as a CIA spy. VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Last Sunday, Iranian state TV broadcast an interview of Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, reportedly a 28-year-old U.S.-raised dual citizen of Iran and the U.S. and a CIA spy. According to the Iranian interview, Hekmati was sent to Iran to infiltrate Iran's secret services and serve as a double agent. We examined the interview and concluded that there is a problem with the Iranian version of the story. It simply does not add up. According to the Farsi-language interview, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati claimed that he entered the U.S. Army after finishing high school in the United States in 2001 and reportedly served as an intelligence analyst in Iraq and Afghanistan for two years. Then he began his intelligence mission inside Iran. Iranian media also showed an expired U.S. armed forces identification card in Hekmati's name, along with several photographs of a person depicted as Hekmati, together with various U.S. military personnel. The media story also indicated that the Iranian intelligence service uncovered Hekmati as part of their overall counterintelligence mission. Let's take a look now at the inconsistencies in the Iranian report: First, the CIA would not be using a young, American-born recruit from the U.S. Army for a clandestine mission inside Iran. The cost of getting caught spying for American intelligence would be very high. It could most certainly lead to a life sentence and possibly even death. Second, the armed forces identity card shown by Iranian TV indicated that Hekmati was in the U.S. Marines as a reservist and not in the army. Another card shows he was an "army contractor." Furthermore, the U.S. Armed Forces identity card shown on Iranian TV does not indicate that Hekmati's job duties were intelligence-related. However, we have seen another reference indicating that Hekmati may have been an analyst. I would not expect him to be carrying identity documents from the U.S. Government. Clandestine operatives don't carry such incriminating documents. Intelligence-collection missions are usually carried out under cover positions, such as businessmen, students, academics or journalists. Common sense also dictates that a true intelligence asset of the CIA would not be traveling inside Iran with U.S. government identity documents or photographs indicating prior military experience in the U.S. Army. That would be very poor tradecraft, and the CIA does a great job of training their assets on cover for action and status, how to travel cleanly, communications protocols, and how to live in a hostile environment. They also provide intricate cover identities complete with documentation for their real assets. What's the Above the Tearline of this video? Let's look at another explanation that makes the most sense to me: Hekmati was a "walk-in" to the Iranians. His purpose was to volunteer — or most likely sell — what he knew about the U.S. military — for personal motivations. This also would explain why he was carrying the U.S. military pictures. He needed the pictures as proof of his bona fides. One other factor worth noting: The Iranian intelligence services have gone to a lot of trouble putting the video together. Why? The Iranians are taking advantage of the walk-in's services, seizing the moment to capitalize on his American birth and military background for propaganda purposes. The CIA is carrying out a covert war against Iran, but this case was not part of that effort.