{"id":16217,"date":"2025-08-09T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16217"},"modified":"2025-08-09T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T15:04:06","slug":"iran-arrests-20-suspected-mossad-operatives-vows-harsh-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=16217","title":{"rendered":"Iran arrests 20 suspected Mossad operatives, vows harsh punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran has arrested 20 people it alleges are operatives of Israel&#8217;s Mossad spy agency in recent months, the judiciary said on Saturday, warning that they will face no leniency and will be made an example of.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Iran executed a nuclear scientist named Rouzbeh Vadi, who was convicted of spying for Israel and passing on information on another nuclear scientist killed in Israel&#8217;s air strikes on Iran in June, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri told reporters in Tehran on Saturday that charges against some of the 20 suspects arrested had been dropped and they were released. He did not give a number.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Iran holds US accountable for attacks on nuclear sites<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the Zionist regime, and with firm rulings, will make an example of them all,&#8221; Jahangiri was quoted as saying by Iranian media.<\/p>\n<p>He said full details would be made public once investigations were complete.<\/p>\n<p>Executions of Iranians convicted of spying for Israel have significantly increased this year, with at least eight death sentences carried out in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: Israel faces backlash over Gaza plan<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel carried out 12 days of air strikes on Iran in June, targeting Iran&#8217;s top generals, nuclear scientists, nuclear installations, as well as residential neighbourhoods. Iran responded with barrages of missiles and drones on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Rights group HRANA reported 1,190 Iranian deaths during the 12-day Israeli attacks, including 436 civilians and 435 security personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Israel said 28 were killed in Iran&#8217;s retaliatory attack.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has arrested 20 people it alleges are operatives of Israel&#8217;s Mossad spy agency in recent months, the judiciary said on Saturday, warning that they will face no leniency and will be made an example of. On Wednesday, Iran executed a nuclear scientist named Rouzbeh Vadi, who was convicted of spying for Israel and passing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}