The authorities of Israel They reported this Thursday of the arrest of a man whom the services of Intelligence of Iran for the purpose of murder to the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahuaccording to the Israeli Police. In addition, they indicate that they also commissioned him to kill other senior state officials, including the Minister of Defense. Yoav Gallant.
After arresting him in August as “suspected of security crimes related to contacts with agents of the Intelligence services of the Iranian regime,” the authorities began an investigation thanks to which they were able to verify, they say, their contacts with Iran.
Apparently, the man would be a businessman who lived for a long period of time in Türkiye and that it was mainly related to Turkish and Iranian people. Thanks to his contacts, last April she agreed to meet with a rich Turkish businessman -Eddy- living in Iranwith the mediation of two other Turkish citizens (Andrei Faruk and Junaid Aslan).
Finally he did not meet him, since he decided to stay in Iran, but he did meet two of the businessman’s employees in Samandag who gave him a telephone so they could talk. After that, the detainee He moved to Iran hidden in a car to meet with the businessman.
In the meeting they held in Iran, the Israeli authorities say, they suggested that he carry out “various security missions in Israel in favor of the Iranian regime. The missions consisted of “transferring money or a gun in certain places”, “photographing places in Israel and sending them to the Iranian authorities” or “threatening other Israeli citizens in Israel”, among others.
“Assassination of the Prime Minister”
The detainee entered Iran irregularly, for the second time, in August to meet again with the businessman and “other Intelligence agents” in the country, they indicate. In that second meeting it was he who was commissioned to “carry out terrorist activities in Israeli territory and that promoted assassination of the prime ministerthe Minister of Defense or the head of the Shin Bet,” they highlight.
Likewise, they raised the possibility of “murdering other senior officials such as the former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other public figures” as “revenge for the murder of Ismail Haniye -head of the political arm of the terrorists Hamas– on Iranian territory in July 2024. For this work the arrested man “asked for an advance payment of “a million dollars” (about 900,000 euros). They left for later a meeting in which they would address “eliminating opponents of the Iranian regime in Europe and the United States» and the recruitment of «a Mossad agent to work as a double agent.
The detainee – Moti Maman, 73 years old and resident of Ashkelon – appeared before an Israeli court this Thursday. His lawyer has stated that the man committed “an error of judgment” and that he is collaborating with the investigation.
“Declaration of war” according to Hezbollah
The news of his arrest coincides with the escalation of tension between the terrorists of Hezbollah and Israel. Precisely this Thursday, the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahhas declared that he interprets the attack of the pagers and the walkie talkies in Lebanon as “a declaration of war on the part of Israelwhom he accuses of being behind the explosions that killed at least 37 people between Tuesday and Wednesday, including terrorists of the organization, and have injured more than 3,000.
Hassan Nasrallah has accused the Israelis of crossing “all red lines and restrictions.” He has promised revenge for the coup, for which Israel will receive “severe reprisals and just punishments: «The punishment will come. When, where, how? You will know when the time comes.
