Iranian safety companies have detained an individual suspected of being an Israeli spy within the northwestern province of Ardabil.
Prosecutor Common Ardabil Jalal Afaghi mentioned on Wednesday (5/6) that the suspect was wished by Iran’s intelligence ministry and labored for Israel’s Mossad intelligence company.
He mentioned the suspect was from certainly one of Iran’s southern provinces and had traveled to many provinces to keep away from surveillance.
Afaghi mentioned the suspect ultimately deliberate to depart Iran however was caught in a raid in a border province.
In line with Iranian officers, the suspect made contact with high-level Mossad officers by social media networks and gathered data for them.
The announcement of the arrest got here hours following the highest commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Common Hossein Salami, vowed revenge for the killing of a navy adviser in Syria.
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Salami mentioned Wednesday that Israel “pays for the blood spilled.” of IRGC fighter Saeid Abyar, who was killed in an airstrike in northwestern Syria, close to Aleppo, on Monday. Iran accused Israel of finishing up the assault.
Iran’s safety and intelligence companies lately have repeatedly arrested individuals accused of spying for Israel.
In January, 4 individuals suspected of working for Israel’s intelligence providers had been executed, two years following their arrest in reference to a bombing operation in central Isfahan province.
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A number of weeks earlier, 4 members of a sabotage group suspected of being linked to Mossad had been additionally executed.
The 4 males, in accordance with justice officers, carried out intensive actions towards the nation’s safety forces underneath direct orders from Mossad officers.
In December 2023, an individual convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence company was executed in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.
Tensions between Iran and Israel, two arch enemies within the area, have risen dramatically because the April 1 assault on the Iranian Consulate in Syria, which killed seven IRGC officers.
Iran blamed Israel for the assault and responded by finishing up its first direct assault on Israel involving a whole bunch of drones and missiles. (Ant/P-5)
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