Washington D.C. – Al Monitor, February 19, 2025
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Wednesday that it has dismantled several espionage cells it said were tied to the United States and Israel in the country’s northern Mazandaran province in the latest such operation targeting suspected Israeli-linked individuals.
What happened: Speaking to the semi-official Tasnim news agency on Wednesday, IRGC commander in Mazandaran Brig. Gen. Siavash Moslemi said, “With precise intelligence monitoring, we have successfully dismantled infiltration and espionage networks associated with US intelligence, the Zionist regime and other hostile countries.”
“Many of these elements operate under the guise of foreign nationals or visitors, using the cover of commercial companies, cultural organizations or charities to gather intelligence or establish infiltration networks,” he added.
According to Moslemi, these agents operated under the guise of commercial companies, cultural centers and charities to collect classified information or form spying networks in Iran.
The commander did not provide evidence for the alleged ties to Israel or the United States, nor did he reveal the number of people arrested.
