The alleged network, which was in direct contact with the Mossad, planned to carry out “unprecedented acts of sabotage and terrorist operations” in Iran.
An Israeli spy network operating in Iran was captured by IRGC intelligence, Iranian state-owned Tasnim reported on Saturday evening citing the Islamic Republic’s Information Ministry.
The network, which was in direct contact with the Mossad, planned to carry out “unprecedented acts of sabotage and terrorist operations” in Iran, the report claimed.
According to the report, the alleged spies entered Iran from the West through the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq. The report also noted that the network was collaborating with the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran, a political-militant group that opposes the rule of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
the Iranian ministry reportedly added that all of the network’s communication equipment and “the most powerful explosives” were discovered and confiscated.
An investigation into internal or external connections to the alleged spy network is ongoing, the report noted.
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It was eaelier reported that, Iran’s state TV reported on Tuesday that authorities arrested members of a group linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency amid ongoing protests over water shortages in the country’s southwest.
The report said “a network of spy agents, with a large amount of weapons and ammunition” was arrested after sneaking into Iran from across its western border. It claimed the alleged Mossad agents intended to use the weapons during riots in Iran and also for assassinations.
The state TV did not elaborate or say how many alleged agents were arrested or when they purportedly infiltrated into Iran. Iran borders Turkey and Iraq to the west.
At least five people have been killed amid days of protests over water shortages affecting Iran’s Khuzestan province. That’s according to statements carried by state-run and semiofficial media in Iran.
Iran occasionally announces the detention of people it says are spying for foreign countries, including the United States and Israel.
Source: THE JERUSALEM / AP NEWS
