Iranian activists, who were part of the squad members who planned to harm Israelis in Istanbul, detailed in their investigation in Turkey the planned path of terrorism and linked those responsible for it in Iran.
The information gathered incriminated the intelligence apparatus of the Revolutionary Guards and its leader - Hussein Taab.
His publicity, as well as the failure to carry out the attacks and the arrest of the terrorists, greatly embarrassed the Iranians, and led last week to the decision to oust Taab and appoint Muhammad as Azmi in his place.
Behind the scenes, power struggles have taken place at the top of Iran, including a demand to dismantle the intelligence apparatus in light of its failure to thwart the assassination of senior Iranians.
However, it is estimated that even under Kazmi, the mechanism will continue to operate and try to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world.
The investigation of the terrorists in Turkey revealed that three different squads operated in Istanbul, all on an Iranian mission.
The squads operated in parallel, unrelated to each other, each operating directly from Tehran.
Documentation of the Iranian squad that planned to abduct Israelis in Turkey
The first squad planned to abduct and murder the Israeli ambassador and his wife.
Squad members said during their interrogation that they had already observed the two before they were arrested.
Contrary to reports in Turkey, the two were not put on a private plane and returned to the country.
The second squad followed a group of Israelis in the city's Biaolo district.
Some Israelis were warned and left Turkey immediately, while others moved to hotels that were defined as safer and tight security by Turkish security forces was placed around them.
The third squad, which involved Iranian and Turkish terrorists, searched for targets at Istanbul's major tourist sites.
Her friends were arrested in raids on a hiding place and other places in the city.
Iran's mistakes
Most of the information that enabled the thwarting of the attacks came from Israel, and the rest came from field investigations and information obtained during the interrogation of the detainees.
Senior officials said the publications and open warnings that began about a week before the wave of arrests in Istanbul caused those in Tehran to "make serious mistakes" that helped disrupt the attacks and arrest members of the squads.
The detainees will soon be brought to court in Turkey, and indictments will be filed against them.
Israel intends to use the information from their investigation to establish an international campaign to portray Iran as a terrorist state, whose emissaries carry out terrorist acts around the world.
Nuclear facility in Iran, Photo: AFP
However, Israel is pessimistic about the chances of the campaign succeeding.
According to the sources, "the main goal of the Western countries is to return to the nuclear agreement, and they will not let any background noise interfere with them along the way."
In Israel, intelligence and operational cooperation with the Turks is pointed out as a prominent bright spot in the latest assassination case.
The sources said that the Turks were attentive from the first second and "did everything" to prevent the attacks - from allocating hundreds of police and intelligence personnel and various means, to issuing permits for Israeli activities in their field.
Turkish media reported that Mossad officials took part in the counterterrorism operation on Turkish soil.
The collaboration reveals the relationship between the institution and its Turkish counterpart MIT.
The ties were maintained during the years of separation between the two countries and allowed thwarting of ISIS attacks in Turkey, and of an intention to harm Turkish President Erdogan.
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