Iran arrests eight suspected of spying for Israel’s Mossad in 12-day war

According to its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Iran has detained eight people who are suspected of attempting to reach the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad with information about senior military figures from its 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States.

On Saturday, the IRGC claimed that the suspects had received specialist training from Mossad through online platforms.

It claimed that materials for assembling launchers, bombs, explosives, and booby traps had been seized and that they had been apprehended in northeastern Iran before carrying out their plans.

State media reported earlier this month that Iranian police had detained up to 21, 000 “suspects” during the June conflict, despite declining to disclose what these individuals had been suspected of doing.

Iran launched barrages of missiles at Israeli military installations, infrastructure, and cities in retaliation after an Israeli military bombardment on June 13 that began to kill top military figures, scientists, and hundreds of civilians.

The US also launched extensive strikes on Israel’s behalf during the conflict, which was Israel’s worst blow to the Islamic Republic since its conflict with Iraq in 1980.

Iranian security forces launched a 12-day war that saw the start of a string of arrests and an increase in the number of street stops based on “public reports” and checkpoints.

Iranian citizens were urged to report any individuals they perceived to be having suspicious behavior during the conflict, which was broken up by the US and Qatar.

Iranian nuclear scientist Rouzbeh Vadi was hanged on August 9 for giving Israel information about another scientist who had been killed in Israeli airstrikes, among others.

Iran’s use of espionage charges and quick-tried executions as tools for wider political repression, claim human rights organizations.

Aid organizations report that local authorities have also accused some Afghan nationals of spying for Israel as a result of the Israel-US-Iran conflict has also accelerated the rate of deportations of Afghan refugees and migrants who are thought to be living illegally in Iran.

“Law enforcement seized 2, 774 illegal immigrants and found 30 special security cases when they looked at their phones. According to police spokesman Saeed Montazerolmahdi earlier this month, 261 suspected of espionage and 172 of those accused of making illegal filming were also detained.

Montazerolmahdi did not specify how many people who had been detained had since been released.