Iran's intelligence ministry said it has broken an Israeli-linked "terror and sabotage" network which had its headquarters in an unspecified nearby country, media reports said Tuesday.
Iran
's
intelligence ministry said it has broken an Israeli-linked "terror and
sabotage" network which had its headquarters in an unspecified nearby
country, media reports said Tuesday.
"One of the Zionist regime's biggest terror and sabotage networks and some
of its agents have been identified. A group of criminal terrorists and
mercenaries cooperating with them has been arrested," the ministry said in
a statement picked up by the Iranian outlets.
"A number of the operatives were arrested as they were preparing to carry
out a terrorist operation," it said.
"Heavy bombs," machineguns, pistols, silencers, military
communications gear and "other terrorist equipment" were seized in
operations "in border and
central provinces
"
inside
Iran
, the
ministry said without being specific.
The operations led to "identifying the Zionists' regional headquarters in
one of the regional countries," it said, without naming the country
concerned.
Iran
from
time to time announces the arrest of suspects alleged to be working for
U.S.
,
British or Israeli espionage services. It rarely provides any evidence to
substantiate such claims.
In recent months,
Tehran
has
accused
Israel
and
the
U.S.
of
recruiting Sunni rebels in its southeastern
province
of
Sistan-Baluchestan
to
carry out sabotage or reconnaissance missions.
Relations between
Iran
and
its northern neighbor
Azerbaijan
have
also become strained, with each accusing the other of preparing
"terrorist" actions.
For example, last month
Azerbaijan
's
national security ministry said 22 Azerbaijani citizens had been arrested on
suspicion of cooperating with
Iran
's
Revolutionary Guards "to commit terrorist acts against the
U.S.
,
Israeli and other Western states' embassies and the embassies' employees."
Tehran
is also unhappy over
Baku
's
ties to
Israel
, and
its purchase of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Israeli military
weapons and equipment.
Additionally,
Iran
is
bordered by
Afghanistan
and
Iraq
, both
of which have a
U.S.
military presence.
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