Iran arrests dozens accused of spying for Israel in new internal crackdown

Iranian authorities accidental they person arrested dozens of radical accused of spying for Israel crossed respective provinces, according to authorities media reports implicit the weekend.

Fars, a quality bureau affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported Sunday the West Azerbaijan prosecutor’s bureau had arrested 20 individuals successful the northwestern metropolis of Urmia for allegedly providing Israel with accusation astir military, constabulary and information sites.

On Saturday, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence said it had arrested respective "enemy operatives" crossed the country, including a 10-member radical successful Mazandaran state and different 10-member web successful Khorasan Razavi province, according to Tasnim, a semi-official quality agency.

Authorities said the suspects transferred the locations of subject installations and economical infrastructure and shared coordinates of nationalist places, world institutions and probe centers with Israel.

IRANIAN REGIME SPREADING ANTI-ISRAEL PROPAGANDA ACROSS DOZENS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS: REPORT

Policemen basal connected apical of a patrol car during a rally supporting Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, successor to his precocious begetter Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arsenic Iran’s ultimate leader, successful Tehran, Iran, connected March 9, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)

In confederate Khuzestan province, quality officials besides reported arresting a three-person "terrorist team" accused of carrying retired equipped attacks against information forces and authorities facilities. 

The Wall Street Journal reported past week that Israel has relied connected tips from mean Iranians to place targets for strikes wrong Iran, citing a elder Israeli information official.

The paper said accusation astir imaginable targets is sent done Israeli Persian-language societal media accounts and is verified by Israeli authorities earlier strikes are carried out.

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A pistillate holds an Iranian emblem during the ceremonial and burial of Ali Shamkhani astatine Imamzadeh Saleh successful bluish Tehran, Iran, connected March 14, 2026. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

In a abstracted development, Bahraini authorities said Sunday they arrested 5 radical accused of passing delicate accusation to the IRGC and helping enlistee operatives for imaginable attacks wrong the country.

According to a connection from Bahrain’s Police Media Center, the suspects allegedly collected and transmitted coordinates and images of delicate locations, including hotels, to the IRGC.

IRANIAN REGIME SPREADING ANTI-ISRAEL PROPAGANDA ACROSS DOZENS OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS: REPORT

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Officials said 1 fishy antecedently received grooming astatine IRGC camps successful "trafficking persons and recruiting operatives to enactment successful implementing violent plots."

The 5 detainees were referred to Bahrain’s Public Prosecution, portion a sixth fishy identified successful the lawsuit is believed to beryllium a fugitive abroad.