IRGC dismantles multiple US, Israeli spying networks in northern Iran
Intelligence forces with Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have dismantled multiple espionage networks linked to the United States and Israel in the country’s northern province of Mazandaran.
Brigadier General Siavash Moslemi, the IRGC provincial commander, announced the operation in a statement on Wednesday, saying that it not only foiled major security threats but also prevented potential crises.
Moslemi went on to say that intelligence services from the US, Israel, and other hostile countries have been actively trying to infiltrate Iran posing as foreign nationals and displaced persons.
Many of these agents were operating under the guise of commercial companies, cultural centers, and charities, seeking to collect classified data or establish influence networks within Iran, he added.
The commander further noted that IRGC forces successfully identified and dismantled the espionage cells thanks to precise intelligence monitoring.
Back in January, IRGC intelligence forces arrested members of a network involved in collecting information about sensitive facilities in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province for a foreign spy agency.
In December, the IRGC said it had arrested an individual in Iran’s northwestern province of Ardabil on charges of affiliation to the spy agency of a neighboring country.
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said in late October that it had dismantled a separatist group linked to the Israeli regime that intended to infiltrate the country from the Iraqi Kurdistan in order to incite street riots and carry out assassinations.
During the operation, one of the main members of the group was killed, two others were arrested, and their weapons were confiscated.
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