{"id":72282,"date":"2013-06-03T07:51:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T07:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=72282"},"modified":"2013-06-06T06:38:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T06:38:59","slug":"iran-uncovers-british-israeli-backed-terror-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=72282","title":{"rendered":"Iran Uncovers British-Israeli Backed Terror Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser \/> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser \/> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">News Brief &#8212; June 2, 2013<\/h1>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">Iran claims its intelligence has uncovered a network of Mossad-trained terrorists who had been preparing to disrupt the country&#8217;s forthcoming national elections.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe ringleader of this group was recruited by the spy agency of one of the most dependent and reactionary Arab countries in the region,\u201d Iran&#8217;s intelligence ministry said in a statement on Sunday.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">The subservience of this unnamed Arab country to the Israeli regime has become more obvious in recent years, it added.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">Although the statement did not identify the &#8220;reactionary Arab countries&#8221;, at least one is thought to refer to Saudi Arabia, one of Iran&#8217;s foremost regional adversaries.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">A statement on the ministry\u2019s website said its agents had arrested 12 people who were preparing to ignite ethnic conflicts on Iran&#8217;s national election day through sabotage and assassination.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">To this end, the ministry&#8217;s statement said, the terrorist cell had been ordered to kill prominent religious figures and leaders of ethnic groups in the country.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">In addition to arresting 12 suspects involved in the plot, the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence also said it had confiscated a large amount of weapons and explosives.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\">The ministry&#8217;s statement also warned the &#8220;arrogant powers&#8221;, a term often used in reference to Britain, and reactionary countries in the region that they would face harsh retaliation should they cross any of Tehran&#8217;s &#8220;red lines&#8221;.<span> <\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: &amp;amp;amp;\"><span>This is not the first time Iran has uncovered plots to disrupt the forthcoming national elections this year.<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; 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