Espionage

Officials said seven of those detained had been assigned to gather intelligence on critical and military sites across the country. The remaining three were allegedly preparing acts of sabotage.

No one knows what the Mossad is doing at this moment - but there is little question that its agents are, behind the scenes, at the eye of the storm.

The person was detained on January 20, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki told reporters. He gave no further details.

An Iranian local told KAN Reshet Bet that anti-regime activists would prefer an Israeli strike for its precision, as they await a US attack on the regime amid ongoing protests and brutal crackdowns.

A federal indictment accused sisters Samaneh and Sorour Ghandali and Mohammad Javad Khosravi of conspiring to commit trade secret theft, attempted theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice.

Craig and Lindsay Foreman had been charged with espionage after Iran accused them of gathering information in several parts of the country.

Authorities did not publicly identify the senior official who was allegedly targeted; Israeli media reports identified him as former defense minister Yoav Gallant. 

The six are suspected of conducting reconnaissance around the NATO-run Incirlik air base in the southeastern Turkish province of Adana.

The private diplomatic push comes amid a broader US effort to deepen its geopolitical influence in Latin America and diminish that of its adversaries in the region.

The judge in charge of the investigation assured that the Israeli authorities don't provide sufficient information to determine whether the cyberattacks were carried out using the Pegasus software.