The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization says it has foiled a terrorist plot hatched by spy agencies of 10 foreign countries aimed at fueling chaos and threatening Iran’s identity.
In a statement on Monday, the IRGC said the terrorist incidents of recent weeks were part of a major US-Israeli plot to undermine Iran’s integrity in terms of its geography and national identity.
“The enemy’s command room was formed immediately after the 12-day war with the participation of 10 hostile intelligence services,” it said.
The IRGC intelligence arm said the plan was aimed at fomenting internal riots coupled with foreign intervention to pose an existential threat against the Islamic Republic.
It noted that the scheme was defeated thanks to the vigilance of Iranian security forces and the collaboration of the people.
According to the statement, the IRGC Intelligence Organization arrested 735 individuals affiliated with anti-security networks, summoned 11,000 vulnerable people, confiscated 743 unauthorized firearms, and identified 46 individuals linked to foreign services.
It said foreign political and security officials directly supported the enemy’s measures, including the spread of violence and terrorists’ exploitation of public gatherings, the use of social media platforms to instigate violence, and the deployment of organized thugs and criminals as part of a plot to raise the number of fatalities among both people and security forces.
The statement said the IRGC intelligence arm seeks to infiltrate the communication networks of the rioters, dominate border terrorist networks, use deceived elements for counter-infiltration, and continue to identify and decisively confront networks that caused the riots.