According to Israel’s security agencies, an Israeli national has been detained on suspicion of taking part in an Iranian conspiracy to kill Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other high-ranking individuals.
The individual was paid to undertake out operations and was twice smuggled into Iran, according to Israeli police and domestic intelligence. The suspect, according to a joint statement, was a businessman who had resided in Turkey and had Turkish contacts who facilitated his entry into Iran. The statement is being made at a time when tensions between Israel and Iran, the arch-enemies of the area, are rising.
The unidentified suspect was reportedly taken into custody last month, according to the statement. It stated that the prime minister, the minister of defense, and the director of Israel’s internal security organization Shin were among his targets.
According to the report, the suspect was assisted by two Turkish nationals when he traveled to Samandag, Turkey, twice in April and May to meet Eddie, a wealthy Iranian businessman. According to the statement, Eddie was smuggled into Iran from Turkey since he had trouble leaving the country on both occasions.
There, it stated, the man encountered “an Iranian security operative” as well as Eddie. Eddie allegedly asked the Israeli to “perform various security missions for the Iranian regime within Israel.” These included giving money or a gun, taking pictures of busy areas in Israel and forwarding them to “Iranian elements,” and threatening other Israeli residents who had been recruited by Iran but had not finished their assignments, according to the statement.