aTwenty people were arrested in northwestern Iran for sharing information with Israel, the Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday (15), citing a statement from the prosecutor’s office of West Azerbaijan province.
Those detained are accused of sending Israel details about the location of Iranian military and security facilities.
Israel launched a new phase of offensives to Iran, seeking to attack security checkpoints based on information from informants on the ground, a source familiar with Israeli military strategy told Reuters.
What is happening in the Middle East?
The United States and Israel are at war with Iran. The conflict began on February 28, when a coordinated attack between the two countries in Tehran.
Several high-ranking officials of the Iranian regime were also killed. Furthermore, the US claims to have, as well as air defense systems, planes and other military targets.
In retaliation, the ayatollahs’ regime launched attacks on the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Oman. Iranian officials say they are targeting only U.S. and Israeli interests in those nations.
More than 1,200 civilians have died in Iran since the start of the war, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The White House, in turn, registered at least seven deaths of American soldiers in direct relation to the Iranian attacks.
The conflict also arises. Hezbollah, an armed group supported by Iran, in retaliation for the death of Ali Khamenei. As a result, Israel has carried out aerial offensives against what it says are Hezbollah targets in the neighboring country. Hundreds of people have died on Lebanese territory since then.
With the death of much of its leadership, an Iranian council elected a new supreme leader: . Experts point out that he represents .
Donald Trump showed dissatisfaction with this choice, . He had said he would need to be involved in the process and said Mojtaba would be “unacceptable” to Iran’s leadership.
