The Turkish newspaper Al-Sabah reported this morning (Sunday) on new details about one of the Iranian assassination squads captured in Istanbul.
According to the report, the squad consisted of eight Iranian citizens.
An investigation by the Turkish intelligence organization and local police revealed that members of the group arrived in Istanbul separately on different dates and met secretly.
They were then registered at the hotel as a Chinese group.
It was also reported that members of the assassination squad were staying at a hotel with Israelis before they were apprehended.
According to the publication, one of the Iranian suspects acted to purchase a motorcycle from a citizen in Istanbul.
The citizen who sold the motorcycle said he was called from a foreign number for the purchase.
The members of the cell were registered as a Chinese group // From the newspaper "a-Sabah",
In addition, the Turkish newspaper reported that eight members of the Iranian assassination squad were captured in an operation that took place on June 16.
This is probably one of the captured vertebrae.
Among other things, it was alleged that during the arrest, three pistols, silencers and weapons were seized.
The newspaper stressed that the authorities' investigation is ongoing.
Last month, the Turkish newspaper Milight reported on the arrest of the same cell that planned to kidnap the former Israeli ambassador, along with harming diplomats and tourists from Israel.
According to the report, the arrests were made after receiving information from a foreign country.
Subsequently, it was alleged that the members of the squad planned a shooting attack and obtained weapons in order to carry it out.
It was also reported that the group was assisted by local assistants.
The Turkish newspaper reported that the detainees were members of the intelligence services impersonating foreign students as well as Quds Force members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
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