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Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears in the Islamic Republic over the extent of penetration by Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency has risen.
Since the Israeli strike began on Friday, 28 people in the capital have been arrested and accused of spying on Israel, and on Monday, one man arrested on the charges two years ago was hanged to what appears to be a message to his collaborators.
The Iranian regime has also arrested many people across the country as they allegedly share articles online “in support of the Zionist regime.” It accused Israel of disrupting the psychological security of society, including 60 Isfahan people who claimed to have targeted nuclear sites.
The wave of arrests led to Tehran being wrapped around a revelation that Mossad operatives smuggled weapons into Iran before Israel’s unprecedented attacks and used them to target the country from within.
Since then, Iran’s suspicions have been growing, so the Intelligence Ministry has called for it to report suspicious activities and issue guidance on how to find collaborators.
One statement from the ministry urges strangers wearing masks and goggles, driving pickup trucks, carrying large bags, or taking photos around military, industrial or residential areas.
Elsewhere, a poster issued by Noor News, a nation belonging to a nation close to Iranian security equipment, singled out for those suspected of wearing “masks, hats and sunglasses even at night” and those receiving “frequent package delivery by the courier.”
The poster asks people to report “unusual sounds from inside the house, such as screams, sounds of metal gear, continuous bangs, and “homes with curtains even painted during the day.”
Another poster, which was published in state media due to police, advised the landlord who recently rented a house and immediately notified the police.
Meanwhile, an Iranian journalist told CNN that he was banned from taking photos on the streets.
The fear of Israel’s penetration only amplifies the anxiety that feels by the increasingly isolated leadership of the Islamic Republic, and has been shaken in recent years by anti-regulation protests sparked by the death of a young woman under the control of the country’s so-called moral police.
According to Iran’s state-controlled media, the same units used to crack down on these protests (paramidal wings of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard) have been deployed to night patrols to increase “surveillance” on night patrols.
In a video statement on Monday, Iranian police chief Ahmad Reza Radhan urged the “traitors” to move forward, suggesting that those who found themselves “deceived by the enemy” may be “respected” by Iran, but those caught were “taught the lesson that the Gionist enemy is being given now.”
Iran’s Attorney General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i sought “quickly” punishment for those accused of working with Israel.
“Let’s say we arrested someone who is working with (Israel). Under these war-like conditions, this issue must be prosecuted promptly and punished promptly,” he said.
The rising delusion of the Iranian regime comes as details of Operation Mossad, which smuggled arms into Iran before Friday’s first strike.
According to Israeli officials, operatives have set up bases to launch explosive drones in Iran and have used those drones to target missile launchers near Tehran.
They were used to target intersecting missile systems and were used to clear the way Israeli Air Force would carry out more than 100 strikes on more than 200 aircraft in the early hours of local time.
Information gathered by Iranian Mossad reportedly gave the Israeli Air Force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists.
Since then, Iranian media has said the government has seized equipment allegedly used during Israeli operations. 200 kilograms of explosives are used to manufacture drones in the city of Ray on the Terrey River, which is used to manufacture several suicide drones, launchers and drones.
A video issued by the state’s Fars News Agency showed the building with drone parts and other equipment.