“23 operational and logistical elements of those terrorist teams have been identified in the provinces of Tehran, Isfahan, Yazd, West Azarbaijan and Golestan. 13 people have been arrested so far and their various equipment used for operations has been confiscated,” the Ministry said.

The head of the network, operating under the alias Sirous, was residing in a European country and established contact with the operational agents inside Iran via social media platforms.

The Ministry noted that Mossad had plans to take advantage of the recent riots in some parts of Iran to assassinate a military official, conduct several acts of sabotage in big cities, and transfer huge quantities of explosives to Iran from the southern sea borders. (ILKHA)