Iran arrests members of 4 Mossad-affiliated teams

Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has identified and arrested the members of four operative teams linked to the Israeli regime’s Mossad spy agency in the country, Report informs referring to Mehr News.

In a statement issued on December 22, the Intelligence Ministry announced that following round-the-clock and rigorous efforts of the intelligence forces, four operative teams affiliated with the Mossad spy agency were identified and all the members were arrested.

“The Zionist criminal regime, taking advantage of the recent riots over the past weeks in several parts of Iran, intended to conduct several hybrid terrorist operations by directing operative teams, it added, but all the terrorists were arrested before taking any action,” reads the statement.

The ministry also announced that it has also obtained information about a Mossad ringleader in one European country, saying more details will be given immediately after the completion of the investigation.

Earlier on December 18, Iran’s Intelligence Ministry announced that it identified and arrested members of a spy network who were planning to sabotage the country’s defense industry through front companies and security marketing. Iran’s intelligence forces uncovered a plot by a Mossad espionage network to gather information from Iranian knowledge-based companies that cooperate with Iran’s defense industries.

Iran has been the scene of foreign-backed riots over the past weeks. The rioters have been trying to hijack protests that emerged following the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini who died in police custody in mid-September.