TEHRAN – Iran’s Guardian Council said on Saturday that a bill to tighten punishment for spying with Israel has been sent back to Congress for final clarification, as authorities increase national crackdowns on suspected Mossad agents.
Guardian Council spokesman Hadi Tahan Nazif told reporters that the bill targeting spying and cooperation with the Zionist regime and other hostile countries on Iran’s security and national interests was passed during the 12-day war originally imposed on the country. “Most of the ambiguity in the bill has been resolved, and only one remains. The Guardian Council introduced this to the Islamic Council for clarification,” he said.
Iran is stepping up its measures against post-Israel spy networks. In late July, the Intelligence Reporting Agency announced the arrests of 20 spies, Mossad operational and support agents, as well as individuals related to Israeli Intelligence Reporting Agents from Tehran and several other states.
On June 13, the Israeli regime committed illegal attacks on Iran, assassinating senior commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians. Iran retaliated with missile and drone strikes within 24 hours, later escalating with further operations under the True Promise III.
The conflict spread on June 22, when US bombers struck three Iranian nuclear facilities for blatant violations of international law. Iran responded with a missile strike at Al-Udaid Air Force Base in Qatar, the largest US military base in West Asia. The Israeli government, which fought, was forced to propose a unilateral ceasefire on June 24th.
Meanwhile, Iranian judiciary pushed for the execution of convicted Mossad agents. On Wednesday, the official Judicial Press reported that Babak Shabaji, who was convicted of espionage and security cooperation with Israel, was executed hanging after his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court.