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Iranian authorities say they have arrested dozens of people accused of spying for Israel in several provinces, according to state media reports over the weekend.
Fars, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported on Sunday that the West Azerbaijan Prosecutor’s Office had arrested 20 individuals in the northwestern city of Urmia for allegedly providing Israel with information about military, police and security sites.
On Saturday, Iran’s intelligence ministry said it had arrested several “enemy operatives” across the country, including a 10-member group in Mazandaran province and a 10-member network in Khorasan Razavi province, according to semi-official news agency Tasnim.
Officials said the suspects transferred the locations of military installations and economic infrastructure and shared the coordinates of public places, educational institutions and research centers with Israel.
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Policemen stand atop a patrol car during a rally in support of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, succeeding his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader of Iran, in Tehran, Iran on March 9, 2026. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
In southern Khuzestan province, intelligence officials also reported arresting a “terrorist team” of three individuals accused of carrying out armed attacks against security forces and government facilities.
The Wall Street Journal reported A senior Israeli security official was quoted as saying last week that Israel has relied on tips from ordinary Iranians to identify targets for attacks inside Iran.
The newspaper said information about potential targets is sent through Israeli Persian-language social media accounts and verified by Israeli authorities before attacks are carried out.
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A woman holds an Iranian flag during a funeral in northern Tehran, Iran, on March 14, 2026. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
In a separate development, Bahraini authorities said on Sunday they had arrested five people accused of providing sensitive information to the IRGC and helping it recruit operatives for potential attacks inside the country.
According to a statement from Bahrain’s Police Media Centre, the suspects allegedly collected coordinates and images of sensitive locations, including hotels, and transmitted them to the IRGC.
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Officials said one suspect had previously received training in IRGC camps in “trafficking in persons and recruiting operatives to participate in the implementation of terrorist plots.”
The five detainees were referred to the Bahraini public prosecution, while a sixth suspect identified in the case is considered a fugitive abroad.
