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Iran arrests 97 people accused of working with Israel, state media reports
Iran’s intelligence ministry has arrested 97 people for being “soldiers of Israel,” state media reports, in the latest round of a security sweep that has seen hundreds detained over alleged links to Israel and the US since the start of the war.
Earlier, state media quoted the police commander of Alborz province as saying that 41 people were arrested for sending videos to foreign-based opposition media channels.
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