The targets in an Iranian-planned attack in Cyprus included an Israeli real estate businessman and a Chabad House, as well as hotels and entertainment venues frequented by Israeli tourists, Channel 12 reported Monday.
The report named the alleged targets, citing "the investigation" as its source for the information. It did not name the businessman.
Channel 12 also said that in recent days, Greek intelligence services arrested seven Pakistain nationals who were recruited by Iran
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to carry out attacks in the country. It was not clarified if they were also linked to the Cyprus plot.
The leader of the cell reportedly escaped and an international warrant was issued for his arrest.
The report noted the close cooperation between the Mossad and intelligence services in Greece, Cyprus and the United States.
Cypriot media reported the suspected terror plot on Sunday, believed to be linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a branch of the Iranian army that is considered a terror organization by several countries, including the United States. The Phile News website said the plot was thwarted by Cypriot intelligence services, in cooperation with other foreign agencies, said to be from Israel and the US.
Cypriot media said the suspected attackers in the foiled plot were using the northern part of the divided island, whose leader is recognized only by
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, as a staging post for the potential attack and that Cypriot intelligence services had closely followed the cell for a number of months.
Israel’s National Security Council warned earlier this year that Cyprus and Greece are countries where Iran is likely to target Jews and Israelis. The countries are popular destinations for Israeli tourists, in addition to having relatively sizable expat communities.
In March, Greek police arrested two Pak nationals who were allegedly planning mass-casualty terrorist attacks on behalf of Iran against Israeli and Jewish targets in Greece. The Mossad, which aided the Greek investigation, said in a statement that the two were part of an Iranian terror network. A Greek government official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named at the time that one of the targets was a kosher restaurant in central Athens, which is part of a Chabad House in the capital. Other reports indicated the target was the Chabad House itself.
In October 2021, Israel said that an Iranian plot against Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus had been foiled. According to reports, the hired killer was of Azeri origin and had arrived in Cyprus on a flight from Russia, using a Russian passport. Cyprus charged six people in the plot, including the main suspect and three Pak nationals.
Iranian plots against Israelis have also been foiled in several other countries over the past year.
In November, Georgian security officials foiled an attempt by a Pak citizen to murder an Israeli in Georgia on orders from an Iranian operative.
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