2024-09-20 13:55:24
Tel AvivIsrael has claimed that it has foiled a major Iranian conspiracy. Shin Bet, the agency responsible for Israel’s internal security, has said that it has foiled Iran’s plot to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant and Shin Bet director Ronen Bar. Shin Bet made this claim on Thursday. In this conspiracy, Iran was using an Israeli businessman, who had spent a lot of time in Turkey. He was holding meetings and transactions with both Turkish and Iranian individuals to plan the assassination in Israel. According to the Jerusalem Post report, to fulfill this plan, in April this year, Turkish citizens Andrei Faruk Aslan and Gunid Aslan contacted the Israeli businessman and called him to the Turkish city of Samandag to meet two representatives of a rich Iranian named Ezdi. This meeting took place in the month of May. He agreed that he would go to Iran by car from Turkey, where he met a member of the Iranian security establishment named Edi and Haj. According to the report, the Israeli businessman initially asked for one million dollars before starting any activity.
Israeli businessman visited Iran several times
The Israeli businessman then visited Iran for the second time in August and received 5,000 euros as part of the start of his financial, logistics and weapons-related work to carry out the plot. During his second trip to Iran in August, he was again brought to Iran from Turkey. The Israeli businessman was asked to take videos of certain Israeli sites for the purpose of surveillance and intelligence gathering.
During his second visit to Iran, the Israeli businessman was asked if he could involve Russians and Americans in this plan. These could be used against anti-Iran people living in Europe and America. Shin Bet said that it appears that Iran is working hard for such terrorist activities, this threat will not end with the disclosure of a plot. It was not clear from Shin Bet whether there was any coordination between Iran and Hezbollah regarding these conspiracies and how it was formulated. Shin Bet also did not answer when asked about the timing of this plan.
Shin Bet, the agency that claims to have foiled the plot to assassinate Israel’s top leadership, is the intelligence agency responsible for Israel’s internal security matters. Its main job is to focus on internal security. This intelligence agency is similar to Mossad, but Shin Bet works inside the country, while Mossad works outside Israel.