Turkish authorities have arrested six people including an Iranian national on charges of political and military espionage for Iran after coordinated raids across five provinces, state broadcaster TRT reports.
The suspects were detained following a joint investigation by Istanbul prosecutors, the anti-terrorism police and Turkey’s intelligence agency, according to TRT.
They are accused of gathering information on military bases and other sensitive locations in Turkey and abroad, allegedly in coordination with members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence arm, according to the report.
TRT says the six are further suspected of conducting reconnaissance around the NATO-run Incirlik air base in the southeastern Turkish province of Adana, taking part in shipment of drones through Turkey for use in third countries, and sharing information with Iranian intelligence.
Iran was hit in the past month by the most widespread unrest since its 1979 Islamic Revolution. It is also under US pressure to negotiate a deal to curb its nuclear program or face, in President Donald Trump’s words, a “far worse” attack than the US strikes on its nuclear facilities last June.
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