TEHRAN —
Iran’s intelligence ministry
announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel’s Mossad who entered
the Islamic republic to carry out attacks against “sensitive” sites, state news
agency IRNA reported.
اضافة اعلان
The suspects entered Iran from northern Iraq but
were arrested before they could carry out their mission, IRNA said, citing a
statement from the ministry.
“The members of the terrorist organization work for
the Zionist spy agency Mossad who were sent to (Iran) to carry out terrorist
operation ... against sensitive sites,” IRNA reported.
The statement did not say how many suspects were
arrested or give their nationalities, nor did it identify the targets of the
purported plots.
“The members of the network were in contact with
Mossad through one of Iran’s neighboring countries ... and intended on carrying
unprecedented terrorist activities in some sensitive locations and
pre-determined targets,” it said.
The suspects entered Iran from Iraq’s Kurdistan
region at an unspecified date and “modern communication equipment” and
“explosive devices” were seized during their arrests, the statement added.
Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long
shadow war, with the Islamic republic accusing its arch-foe of carrying out
sabotage attacks against its nuclear sites and assassinations of key figures,
including scientists. But tensions have ratcheted up following a string of
high-profile incidents that Tehran has blamed on Israel.
In April, Iran said
it arrested three people linked to Mossad and a month earlier claimed it had
foiled an attack on a nuclear plant also planned by suspects linked to Israel.
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