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Israel has begun targeting security checkpoints based on tips from informants on the ground
Dozens of people accused of sharing sensitive information with Israel have been arrested in several parts of Iran, local media reported on Sunday, March 15, as Israeli and American warplanes flew over. continue to achieve new goals in the country.
In northwestern Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday that 20 people were arrested on suspicion of sending regional information about Iran’s military and security assets to Israel by the provincial prosecutor’s office.
In northeastern Iran, which has been largely unaffected by the airstrikes, Tasnim reported the arrest of 10 people on Sunday, with others accused of gathering information on sensitive areas and economic infrastructure.
“While the Zionist enemy (Israel) and the United States are trying to invade Iran, at the same time they are activating mercenaries and spies to carry out violence as the next step,” the state branch of the Revolutionary Guards intelligence agency said, according to Tasnim.
The Student News Network also reported on Sunday that three people were detained in the western province of Lorestan for “seeking to disturb public opinion (…) and burning mourning symbols.”
Israel has begun targeting security checkpoints based on tips from informants on the ground, marking a new phase in its offensive against Iran, a source briefed on Israel’s military strategy told Reuters this week.
In January, several weeks before the United States and Israel launched the current war against Iran, there were large anti-government protests in Iran that were suppressed in the worst crackdown in the history of the Islamic Republic.
Authorities blamed Israel and the United States for inciting what they said were “violent riots” aimed at overthrowing the clerical establishment. – Rappler.com
