They
are accused of having provided the information to the Mossad spy agency during
Israel's air war on Iran in June, when it attacked Iranian nuclear
facilities and killed top military commanders as well as civilians in the worst
blow to the Islamic Republic since the 1980s war with Iraq.
Iran retaliated with barrages of missiles on Israeli
military sites, infrastructure and cities. The United States entered the war on
June 22 with strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
A Guard’s statement alleged that the suspects had received
specialized training from Mossad via online platforms. It said they were
apprehended in northeastern Iran before carrying out their plans, and that
materials for making launchers, bombs, explosives and booby traps had been
seized.
State
media reported earlier this month that Iranian police had arrested as
many as 21,000 "suspects" during the 12-day war with Israel, though
they did not say what these people had been suspected of doing.
Security forces conducted a campaign of widespread arrests
and also stepped up their street presence during the brief war that ended in a
US-brokered ceasefire.
Iran
has executed at least eight people in recent months, including nuclear
scientist Rouzbeh Vadi, hanged on August 9 for passing information to
Israel about another scientist killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Human rights groups say Iran uses espionage charges and fast
tracked executions as tools for broader political repression.
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