Iranian squad planned an attack on a Chabad house
The correspondence between the assassin and his operator: "You will be well rewarded"
The terror squad, which planned to murder an Israeli businessman in Cyprus, intended to carry out an attack on other Israeli targets on the island. The security establishment believes that the thwarting of the operation is a major embarrassment for Iran, and praises the cooperation with the foreign intelligence services. The message to Turkey: Tehran is taking advantage of you, do not allow terrorist elements to pass
The Iranian terrorist cell that planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli businessmen in Cyprus , the details of its failure was revealed by the Mossad this evening (Thursday), planned to hit other targets in Limassol such as the Chabad House. Israel believes that the operation on Iranian soil is a major embarrassment for it, and praised the cooperation with The authorities in Cyprus and the foreign intelligence services in Jerusalem hope that the arrest will also send a message to Turkey – through which the arrested cell leader escaped to his country – that Tehran is taking advantage of it, and that they expect that the Erdogan administration will not allow any more crossings of this type.
The Mossad for Intelligence and Special Tasks revealed this evening, as mentioned, new details about the operation to thwart the terrorist cell that planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli businessmen in Cyprus. During the operation on Iranian soil, the Mossad put its hands on the head of the squad – Yosef Shahbazi Abbasalilo – who was sent from the Islamic Republic to carry out the attack and managed to escape from Cyprus to the Turkish part and from there to his country. “We will reach out to any party that promotes terrorism against Jews all over the world, including on Iranian soil,” said a senior Mossad official.
In the correspondence between the head of the cell Abbas Asalilu and his direct operator Hassan Shushatri Zada, who is responsible for “special operations” in the intelligence organization of the Revolutionary Guards (Division 800), Zada wrote: “Don’t rush, if the operation is carried out you will be well rewarded, so that all these problems of yours will be solved.” The head of the squad replied: “Inshallah, with God’s help. I just want that before the operation there is a meticulous examination of everything, so that we move forward with all our might.” The operator replied: “Inshallah, I will meet with you after coordinating the operations, and we will examine all the operations together. Don’t worry.”
In his investigation, Abbassalilu gave a detailed confession, thanks to which the infrastructure of the attempted attack squad was exposed and dismantled in the operation of the security bodies in Cyprus. A series of arrests led to the exposure of the cell, in which the Iranian activity on its soil was exposed in an ongoing effort to carry out terrorist attacks and assassinate Israelis and Jews around the world.
The Mossad accuses Iran of being behind this terrorist cell headed by an Iranian citizen and with its members there were also Pakistani citizens who were arrested by the Cypriots following information that the Mossad passed on to its partners on the neighboring island. The Mossad also announced that it will continue to act with determination to prevent harm to Jews and Israelis. The purpose of exposing the details is to convey a message to the Iranians that anyone who plans terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens and Jews – the Mossad will come to him and lay hands on him even in his own country.
