Revolutionary guards say suspects apprehended in northeastern Iran as supplies for making weapons are additionally seized.
Printed On 30 Aug 2025
Iran has arrested eight individuals suspected of trying to transmit the coordinates of delicate websites and particulars about senior navy figures throughout the nation’s 12-day war with Israel and the USA to the Israeli intelligence company Mossad, in line with its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The IRGC launched a press release on Saturday alleging that the suspects had acquired specialised coaching from Mossad by way of on-line platforms.
It mentioned they had been apprehended in northeastern Iran earlier than finishing up their plans, and that supplies for making launchers, bombs, explosives and booby traps had been seized.
The information comes as state media reported earlier this month that Iranian police had arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” throughout the June battle, although they didn’t say what these individuals had been suspected of doing.
Following an Israeli navy bombardment that started on June 13, killing prime navy officers and scientists in addition to lots of of civilians, Iran retaliated with barrages of missiles on Israeli navy websites, infrastructure and cities.
The US additionally carried out intensive strikes on Israel’s behalf on Iranian nuclear websites throughout the battle, the worst blow to the Islamic republic since its Eighties struggle with Iraq.
Throughout the 12-day struggle, Iranian safety forces started a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified road presence based mostly round checkpoints and “public experiences”.
Iranian residents had been known as upon to report on any people they thought had been appearing suspiciously throughout the struggle that resulted in a US and Qatar-brokered ceasefire.
Iran has executed no less than eight individuals in latest months, together with nuclear scientist Rouzbeh Vadi, hanged on August 9 for passing data to Israel about one other scientist who was killed in Israeli air strikes.
Human rights teams say Iran makes use of espionage expenses and fast-tracked executions as instruments for broader political repression.
The Israel-US-Iran battle has additionally led to an accelerated fee of deportations for Afghan refugees and migrants believed to be illegally in Iran, with help companies reporting that native authorities have additionally accused some Afghan nationals of spying for Israel.
“Legislation enforcement rounded up 2,774 unlawful migrants and found 30 particular safety instances by analyzing their telephones. [A total of] 261 suspects of espionage and 172 individuals accused of unauthorised filming had been additionally arrested,” police spokesperson Saeed Montazerolmahdi mentioned earlier this month.
Montazerolmahdi didn’t specify what number of of these arrested had since been launched.
He added that Iran’s police dealt with greater than 5,700 instances of cybercrimes corresponding to on-line fraud and unauthorised withdrawals throughout the struggle, which he mentioned had turned “our on-line world into an necessary battlefront”.
