After the announcement today about the thwarting of the attack in Cyprus, new details about the attempted attack are now being revealed. The Cypriot security forces, in cooperation with the Mossad, uncovered and thwarted an attempt by Iranian terrorist elements to assassinate Israeli citizens living on the island about a month ago. In order to promote the assassination attempt, a squad of Iranian agents located in Cyprus was activated, who were involved in gathering intelligence on the ground about the targets of the attack.
The two members of the squad were arrested at the beginning of November 2023, and since then they have been under investigation, and a legal proceeding is being conducted against them. According to the publications in Cyprus, they were even issued a deportation order. During the investigation of the terrorists, it became clear that this squad participated, in intelligence gathering on other Western elements outside of Cyprus as well. The investigation to thwart these axes continues.
During the countermeasures activity and the investigation of the members of the infrastructure, a lot of information emerged about the Iranian planning, the targets of the attack, and the methods of operation: the person who activated the squad and led the intention of the attack is an Iranian citizen named Mohammad Raza, who uses a large number of fake passports and different identities.
