Iran says it arrested 21,000 ‘suspects’ during 12-day war with Israel-US

Tehran says it carried retired wide interior arrests arsenic Israel, US launched immense strikes connected the state successful June.

Iranian constabulary arrested arsenic galore arsenic 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day conflict with Israel and the United States successful June, according to authorities media citing a instrumentality enforcement spokesperson.

Following monolithic Israeli aerial strikes that began connected June 13, which killed apical subject officials and scientists arsenic good arsenic hundreds of civilians, Iranian information forces began a campaign of wide arrests accompanied by an intensified thoroughfare beingness based astir checkpoints and “public reports”. The US besides carried retired extended strikes connected Iranian atomic sites during the struggle connected Israel’s behalf.

Iranian citizens were called upon to study connected immoderate individuals they thought were acting suspiciously.

“There was a 41 percent summation successful calls by the public, which led to the apprehension of 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war,” constabulary spokesperson Saeid Montazerolmahdi said.

He did not accidental what those arrested were suspected of, but Tehran has spoken earlier of radical passing connected accusation that whitethorn person helped nonstop the Israeli attacks.

Since the extremity of June, Iran has executed 7 men convicted of spying for Israel.

Deportations of Afghans

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 total] 261 suspects of espionage and 172 radical accused of unauthorised filming were besides arrested,” the spokesperson added.

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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