IRGC busts Mossad-linked terrorist team in western Iran

The intelligence organization of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has arrested a three-member team affiliated with the Israeli spy agency Mossad in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.

The IRGC intelligence service in Kermanshah said in a statement on Friday that the terrorists have been directly working with Mossad officers.

The terrorists, led by the Mossad officers, sought to cause insecurity in the streets and carry out acts of sabotage against military individuals and in sensitive places, the statement noted.

It said a large number of weapons, a considerable amount of pellets, gunpowder and fuses for making bombs were confiscated from their hideout.

In a statement on Thursday, Iran's Intelligence Ministry said 14 mercenaries recruited by the US and Israeli regime were detained across the provinces Kermanshah, Alborz, Fars, and Kerman.

In Kermanshah, an operational cell of a terrorist faction was dismantled after its three members, plus their ringleader, were identified and arrested, the ministry said.

A large number of handmade explosive devices, a considerable amount of gunpowder and fuses for making bombs, a handgun and three Starlink satellite internet terminals were seized from their hideout.

According to the ministry, the operational cell was directed by a Germany-based individual to carry out terrorist activities, including attacking important state and media centers, in the province.

The announcements come following proved Mossad role in the January foreign-backded riots in Iran and also their efforts to ignite insecurity inside Iran concurrent with their joint aggression against the Islamic Republic.

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