Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service.

Israeli spies infiltrated the heart of Iran before Friday morning’s Operation “Rising Lion” airstrikes and damaged the country’s missile infrastructure and air defenses in

In connection with the Israeli air campaign, the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, has been operating on Iranian soil and targeting senior Iranian nuclear scientists and military officers in an attempt to shatter the Iranian military’s chain of command.

Israel launched a large-scale airstrike that killed at least nine of Iran’s top nuclear scientists, according to Benzinga. Israel framed the operation as a pre-emptive move to counter Iran’s nuclear ambitions amid stalled US-Iran negotiations.

CONFLICT ENTERS FOURTH DAY: Israel and Iran have begun a new round of attacks, as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fourth day.

Iran has executed Ismail Fakhri, who was accused of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad. The hanging was carried out following a court conviction for alleged espionage. Iranian authorities claimed Fakhri collaborated with the “Zionist regime,

Iran has executed a man who was found guilty of spying for Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, the semi-official Fars news agency and the Iranian Student News Agency reported on Monday, identifying the man as Esmail Fekri. Fekri was killed by hanging this morning, according to ISNA, after originally being arrested in December.

Jonathan Conricus, a former IDF spokesperson, says Iran is "the weakest that I've ever seen it" after Israel's launch of Operation Rising Lion.