Iran arrests ‘spies linked to Israel’s Mossad’ Iran’s law enforcement intelligence organisation says Mossad gave pledges to the five arrested members of the network. Al Jazeera · Jul 28, 2022
Iran Arrests Suspected Israeli-Linked Spies Iranian police have arrested the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network they suspect is affiliated to Israel's secret services, Iranian law enforcement authorities said on Thursday. They did not give the nationality of those arrested but said they had received training for armed operations and sabotage. Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 28, 2022
Iran says Israel-linked agents planned attack on defence plant Iran said on Wednesday a sabotage team detained by its security forces were Kurdish militants working for Israel who planned to blow up a "sensitive" defence industry centre in the city of Isfahan, state media reported. Reuters · Jul 27, 2022
Iran Says Arrested Israel-Linked Agents Were Kurdish Rebels Iran's intelligence ministry said Wednesday that agents linked to Israel's Mossad who were arrested last week were also members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group who planned to target a "sensitive defense center." The ministry had announced on Saturday that it arrested "members of a terrorist organization who work for… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 27, 2022
Iran Announces Thwarting Attack on ‘Sensitive’ Center in Isfahan An arrested Israeli spy network had plans to explode one of the “sensitive” centers in Iran's central Isfahan province, revealed Iran’s Supreme National Security Council a few hours after a similar statement by the cleric-led country’s Intelligence Ministry. In a short statement on Saturday night, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said that… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 25, 2022
Iran foils Mossad bombing of ‘sensitive’ site, Nour News says Iran arrested a network of operatives linked to the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, who were attempting to set off explosives at a “sensitive center” in the central Isfahan Province, state-run Nour News reported. Tribune News Service · Jul 24, 2022
Iran says suspected Israel cell members planning attack arrested Ministry says the arrested individuals were purportedly about to blow up an unspecified ‘sensitive centre’ in Isfahan. Al Jazeera · Jul 24, 2022
Iran Says Foils Attacks on 'Sensitive' Sites Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the country to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites, state news agency IRNA reported. The suspects were arrested before they could carry out their mission, IRNA said, citing a statement from the ministry. "The members… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 24, 2022
What America Should Do If the Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Fail Outsourcing Middle East Security to Israel Is a Bad Plan B Foreign Affairs · Jul 2, 2022
Israeli FM Under Pressure to Support an Int’l Deal with Iran Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who will head the caretaker government this week, is under pressure from the army and the Mossad leadership regarding the official position on US efforts to reach a new international nuclear agreement with Iran, according to political sources in Tel Aviv. The army wanted a… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 27, 2022
Three Detained Mossad-Linked Agents to Be Tried, Iran Judiciary Says Iran will soon put on trial what it said were three Mossad-linked agents arrested in April, state news agency IRNA quoted a judiciary official as saying on Tuesday, amid simmering tensions between Tehran and arch-foe Israel. "The three were planning to assassinate our nuclear scientists according to intelligence assessments," Mehdi… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022
Two Iranian aerospace staff ‘martyred’: State media The cases are the latest in a string of mysterious deaths, many of which have been linked to Israel. Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2022
Israeli PM Declares Iranian Regime ‘Immunity’ is Over Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday Iran would not go unpunished for instigating attacks through its proxies, speaking a week after the assassination in Tehran of a Revolutionary Guards colonel that has been blamed on Israel. Bennett’s statement indicates that the shadow war between Iran and Israel is… Asharq Al-Awsat · May 30, 2022
Israeli PM Bennett says Iranian 'immunity' is over Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday Iran would not go unpunished for instigating attacks through its proxies, speaking a week after the assassination in Tehran of a Revolutionary Guards colonel that has been blamed on Israel. Reuters · May 29, 2022
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 25, 2022 Iran Buries Slain Revolutionary Guards Colonel, Vows Revenge Iran held a funeral procession on Tuesday in the center of the capital Tehran for Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle, and his commander vowed to avenge the attack. State television showed crowds surrounding a truck carrying Khodai's casket, wrapped…
Reuters · May 24, 2022 Iran buries slain Revolutionary Guards colonel, vows revenge Iran held a funeral procession on Tuesday in the centre of the capital Tehran for Revolutionary Guards Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead by two people on a motorcycle, and his commander vowed to avenge the attack.
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022 Tehran series two review – Glenn Close adds menace to this breathlessly exciting thriller An authoritative, powerful Close brings star power to this unbearably tense spy drama that makes Homeland seem as relaxing as a sleep app
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 4, 2022 Iranian-Swedish Tensions Rise over Trial of 1988 Mass Executions Jailer Swedish-Iranian national Ahmad Reza Jalali is to be executed on May 21 at the latest, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency said on Wednesday, citing sources. Jalali, a disaster medicine doctor and researcher, was arrested in 2016 on an academic visit to Iran and sentenced to death on charges of espionage…
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022 Israel Reveals Iranian Assassination Plots, Convinces Biden to Keep IRGC on Terror List The Israeli Intelligence Services recently interrogated an Iranian national on Iranian soil who confessed to a plot to assassinate an Israeli diplomat, a US general, and a French journalist, according to diplomatic sources in Tel Aviv. The investigation's results were crucial in convincing US President Joe Biden to decide on…
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 1, 2022 Mossad Foils Iranian Attempt to Assassinate Western, Israeli Figures Israeli officials revealed that the Mossad intelligence agency had recently thwarted an Iranian assassination plot against three western and Israeli figures in Turkey, Germany and France. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force had sought to assassinate an Israeli consulate employee in Turkey's Istanbul, a senior American general in Germany and…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2022 Iran Arrests 3 Accused of Spying for Israel Iranian intelligence officers arrested three individuals in southeastern Iran for suspected links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency and for releasing classified information, Iranian state TV reported Thursday. The TV’s official website said the three men were arrested in the Sistan-Baluchistan province. However, the report did not provide any details on…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 21, 2022 Iran Claims Arresting 3 Mossad Spies Iran’s intelligence ministry said it had arrested three Mossad spies, according to a statement published by the semi-official Fars news agency. The statement did not specify the nationalities of the Israeli Intelligence agency's spies but it mentioned they were arrested in Iran’s southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan. In January, Israel…
Reuters · Apr 20, 2022 Iran arrests three Mossad spies, does not specify their nationalities -Fars news agency Iran’s intelligence ministry said it had arrested three Mossad spies, according to a statement published by the semi-official Fars news agency.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022 Iraqi Officials: No Proof of Mossad Base in Erbil No evidence has been found that supports Tehran's claims that Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, operated a permanent spy station in the Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq, two Iraqi officials told Asharq al-Awsat on Monday, discussing the country's investigation into a March 13 missile attack by Iran’s…
The Conversation · Mar 31, 2022 Kylie Moore-Gilbert's 804 days in an Iranian prison were a travesty - but the West is in no position to lecture The brutal 804-day incarceration of Kylie Moore-Gilbert in Iran on fictitious charges was an appalling travesty. It remains inexplicable.