DUBAI – Iran arrested an “Israeli spy” and a number of people, who were in contact with foreign intelligence services, Iranian state media reported on Monday.
“An Israeli spy has been arrested in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province … also other spies who were in contact with several countries’ intelligence services have been arrested as well,” it quoted an Intelligence Ministry official.
The Islamic Republic does not recognize Israel and accused it of being behind acts of sabotage and assassinations of nuclear scientists.
An Iranian convicted of spying for United States and Israeli intelligence was executed in 2020.
Iran blamed Israel for last year’s killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was seen by Western intelligence services as mastermind of a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program.
Tehran denied seeking to build a nuclear arsenal. Israel neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the killing.(Reuters)
