Iran says it arrested two Mossad operatives

Iran said on Sunday it had arrested two people accused of being members of Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency.

According to the semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the two individuals were detained in Alborz province as they were preparing explosives.

Earlier, The Wall Street Journal quoted sources familiar with the Israeli military operation in Iran as saying that Mossad had smuggled drones and ammunition into Iran over several months in preparation for the attacks.

Mossad teams struck dozens of Iranian trucks transporting missiles to launch sites and also targeted air defence systems, according to the report.

It added that the Mossad operatives continued to operate inside Iran even after Israel launched its initial strike on Tehran on Friday.