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Iran nabs 20 suspects accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad
"The Judiciary will show no leniency toward spies and agents of the Zionist regime, and with firm rulings, will make them all learn their lesson," Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangiri told reporters in Tehran on Saturday.
Jahangiri said interrogators are working on the cases of the suspected spies, a number of whom had been captured before Israel’s aggression against Iran on June 13.
He added that charges against some of the suspects arrested had been dropped and they were released. He did not give a number.
He said full details would be made public once investigations were complete.
On Wednesday, Iran executed Rouzbeh Vadi, who was convicted of spying for Israel and passing on information on another nuclear scientist killed in Israel's airstrikes on Iran.
The Iranian Judiciary has tightened up on the spies and elements of enemies after the regime launched an unprovoked war against the country.
Nearly 1,100 Iranians, including senior military commanders, nuclear scientists and ordinary citizens were killed in the Israeli attacks.