Turkey detains five suspects over alleged espionage for Iran — local media

Turkish police detained five suspects today on charges of espionage for the Iranian intelligence service, local media reports.

Officers carried out operations in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul as well as in Antalya and Mersin in the south, and detained five people, the DHA news agency reports.

The suspects allegedly collected information about military bases and key regions in Turkey and abroad before passing it on to the Iranian intelligence service, the report says.

There was no immediate information about the nationality of the suspects.

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