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Iran: We smashed spy network linked to Israel
By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service
Tags: iran, israel news, mossad

Official Iranian state radio on Monday said that Tehran has dismantled an espionage network that allegedly was linked to Israel's Mossad spy agency.

The radio report featured Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, saying the Guards' intelligence department recently discovered the network.

Jafari said the alleged network was trying to collect information on Iran's nuclear program and the Guards' military operations as well as details on military and security officials.
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He added that equipment belonging to the alleged network was confiscated. He didn't provide more details including whether arrests were made and who belonged to the network.

Iran last week executed an Iranian businessman convicted of spying on the Islamic Republic's military on behalf of Israel, the judiciary said on Saturday.

Judicial spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi says Ashtari was hanged on Nov. 17 after being sentenced to death on June 30 by a revolutionary court in Tehran.

Ashtari, who was in his mid-40s, was a tradesman in electronic merchandise who supplied military, security and defense centers across the country with electronic devices.

Iranian authorities also recently arrested Hossein Derakhshan, a blogger who visited Israel in 2007, upon his arrival in Tehran from Canada. Derakhshan, who also holds Canadian citizenship, admitted to being involved in espionage for Israel, the Iranian news Website Jahan News reported.

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      1.   So what should Israel do now? 14:34  |  Conroy 24/11/08
      2.   Boris and Natasha 14:50  |  hanoi 24/11/08
      3.   Just an other way of getting rid of political opponents 15:43  |  ottomatik 24/11/08
      4.   Iranian claims. 15:47  |  David Nigel Braham 24/11/08
      5.   They better dismantle their fantasies 16:07  |  Israeli cititzen 24/11/08
      6.   This is meant for internal propaganda 16:09  |  ScotGuy 24/11/08
      7.   #4 and #7 are spot on 16:32  |  David G 24/11/08
      8.   i love it when zio`s display the hubris so openly :) 17:22  |  we are superior!! 24/11/08
      9.   Israel Spy network is smashed 17:54  |  Mike 24/11/08
      10.   lol, r u Israelis embarrassed ? 17:57  |  Iranian 24/11/08
      11.   #4, #7 and #8 Are Right...and..... 19:26  |  Dora 24/11/08
      12.   re: Dora 20:31  |  KR 24/11/08
      13.   Israeli spies in Iran. 21:45  |  Stephen. 24/11/08
      14.   LIE. And here`s some evidence: 22:05  |  Spitzer 24/11/08
      15.   Chances are not Israeli spies 23:09  |  Dave 24/11/08
      16.   one ring down.. 40 to go 23:16  |  yossi 24/11/08
      17.   KR--I have to Disagree with you 23:47  |  Dora 24/11/08
      18.   PRICE of oil down,inflation & unemployment up.Books don`t balance 00:09  |  PETER SM 25/11/08
      19.   spies or spy suirals 01:25  |  zionist forever 25/11/08
      20.   spy network linked to Israel 01:48  |  Palestinian 25/11/08
      21.   Meanwhile, in the real world 02:24  |  Mark Lincoln 25/11/08
      22.   They are confused 02:45  |  Al 25/11/08
      23.   #10 Iranian, Israelis embarrassed? Naaaaw 02:45  |  Conroy 25/11/08
      24.   smashed spy network 03:59  |  Pinhead 25/11/08
      25.   Wait, wait they didn`t catch yet one in the Council of Guardians 04:55  |  Genuine Tosefta 25/11/08
      26.   not surprising 06:51  |  benny 25/11/08
      27.   23. Conroy part 1 07:20  |  BigBird 25/11/08
      28.   23. Conroy part 2 07:24  |  BigBird 25/11/08
      29.   Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.? Part 1 07:45  |  Faris Zaidan 25/11/08
      30.   Next we will hear Israel has smashed and Iranian spy network 09:41  |  Adel 25/11/08
      31.   So why is he so dead serious? 09:56  |  Israeli citizen 25/11/08
      32.   Iran can, but other countries cannot 10:45  |  mehmet 25/11/08
      33.   It is iran not persia 16:42  |  kia 25/11/08
      34.   Mehmet Israel helped Turkey fight PKK 20:48  |  David Israel 25/11/08
      35.   Spy networks and high-stink clouds 01:23  |  allang 26/11/08
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