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

Revolutionary guards accidental suspects apprehended successful northeastern Iran arsenic materials for making weapons are besides seized.

Iran has arrested 8 radical suspected of attempting to transmit the coordinates of delicate sites and details astir elder subject figures during the country’s 12-day war with Israel and the United States to the Israeli quality bureau Mossad, according to its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC released a connection connected Saturday alleging that the suspects had received specialised grooming from Mossad via online platforms.

It said they were apprehended successful northeastern Iran earlier carrying retired their plans, and that materials for making launchers, bombs, explosives and booby traps had been seized.

The quality comes arsenic authorities media reported earlier this period that Iranian constabulary had arrested arsenic galore arsenic 21,000 “suspects” during the June conflict, though they did not accidental what these radical had been suspected of doing.

Following an Israeli subject bombardment that began connected June 13, sidesplitting apical subject officials and scientists arsenic good arsenic hundreds of civilians, Iran retaliated with barrages of missiles connected Israeli subject sites, infrastructure and cities.

People be the ceremonial procession of Iranian subject commanders, atomic scientists and others killed successful Israeli strikes, successful Tehran, Iran, connected June 28, 2025 [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

The US besides carried retired extended strikes connected Israel’s behalf connected Iranian atomic sites during the conflict, the worst stroke to the Islamic republic since its 1980s warfare with Iraq.

During the 12-day war, Iranian information forces began a campaign of wide arrests accompanied by an intensified thoroughfare beingness based astir checkpoints and “public reports”.

Iranian citizens were called upon to study connected immoderate individuals they thought were acting suspiciously during the warfare that ended successful a US and Qatar-brokered ceasefire.

Iran has executed astatine slightest 8 radical successful caller months, including atomic idiosyncratic Rouzbeh Vadi, hanged connected August 9 for passing accusation to Israel astir different idiosyncratic who was killed successful Israeli aerial strikes.

Human rights groups accidental Iran uses espionage charges and fast-tracked executions arsenic tools for broader governmental repression.

The Israel-US-Iran struggle has besides led to an accelerated complaint of deportations for Afghan refugees and migrants believed to beryllium illegally successful Iran, with assistance agencies reporting that section authorities person besides accused immoderate Afghan nationals of spying for Israel.

“Law enforcement rounded up 2,774 amerciable migrants and discovered 30 peculiar information cases by examining their phones. [A full of] 261 suspects of espionage and 172 radical accused of unauthorised filming were besides arrested,” constabulary spokesperson Saeed Montazerolmahdi said earlier this month.

Montazerolmahdi did not specify however galore of those arrested had since been released.

He added that Iran’s constabulary handled much than 5,700 cases of cybercrimes specified arsenic online fraud and unauthorised withdrawals during the war, which helium said had turned “cyberspace into an important battlefront”.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies