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Al Manar
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Manar
IRGC Busts Vast Espionage Network Linked to US, ‘Israel' in Northern Iran
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander of Iran's Mazandaran province has announced that intelligence services from the US, 'Israel', and other adversarial countries have been actively trying to infiltrate Iran using foreign nationals and frequent travelers as cover. IRGC provincial commander Brigadier General Siavash Moslemi announced the successful crackdown on Wednesday, stating that the operation not only foiled significant security threats but also prevented potential crises from unfolding. IRGC dismantles Israeli-US linked networks in northern Iranhttps:// — IRNA News Agency (@IrnaEnglish) February 19, 2025 According to Moslemi, intelligence services from the US, 'Israel', and other hostile nations have been actively attempting to infiltrate Iran by posing as foreign nationals and displaced persons. Many of these foreign agents were operating under the guise of commercial companies, cultural centers, and charities, seeking to collect classified data and establish influence networks within the country. However, IRGC forces were able to identify and dismantle the espionage cells through meticulous intelligence monitoring, the commander added. This latest takedown comes on the heels of other recent IRGC operations against foreign spy networks. In January, the elite force arrested members of a network involved in gathering information about sensitive Iranian facilities in Khuzestan province for a foreign intelligence agency. In December, the IRGC also apprehended an individual in Ardabil province on charges of affiliation with the spy agency of a neighboring country. Additionally, Iran's Intelligence Ministry announced in late October that it had dismantled a separatist group linked to the Israeli regime that was planning to infiltrate the country from Iraqi Kurdistan in order to incite street riots and carry out assassinations. One of the group's key members was killed, while two others were arrested, and their weapons were confiscated during the operation.
Rudaw Net
19-02-2025
- Politics
- Rudaw Net
Iran alleges US, Israel-linked intelligence networks uncovered
Also in Iran Iran detains British couple, accuses them of espionage Lawyers in Iran petition against death sentences of two Kurdish, one Turk 'political prisoners' Students at Tehran University continue protests over colleague's tragic murder 909 prisoners executed in Iran in 2024, 20% of them Kurds: Watchdog A+ A- ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran announced on Wednesday that it had dismantled intelligence networks, allegedly linked to the United States and Israel in the country's northern Mazandaran province. The networks were allegedly 'operating under the guise of charitable and cultural organizations to collect intelligence,' according to Siavash Moslemi, one of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders in Mazandaran. The IRGC's media center quoted Moslemi as stating that the members of the networks entered Iran 'under the guise of trade companies, as well as cultural and charitable centers,' and 'were seeking to gather information and establish networks of influence.' Moslemi further claimed that the US and Israeli intelligence services 'are seeking to infiltrate' into Iran and conduct espionage operations 'under the guise of foreign nationals and displaced persons.' He noted that the success in dismantling the alleged networks 'prevented security threats and potential crises.' The announcement of Iran's dismantling of these spy networks notably comes just a day after Tehran's Supreme Court formally charged two British citizens, Lindsay and Craig Foreman, with espionage. The couple, detained since January, were accused of entering the country under the pretext of tourism to gather information. For her part, Lindsay Foreman told the Spanish outlet, Sur, in December that she was conducting her PhD studies in positive psychology and surveying people in different countries for her research.
