Israeli representative offices in several countries on alert due to "concerns about the Iranian threat"

Israeli media reported on Wednesday evening, October 4, that the country's government had issued a warning to its embassies and other representative offices in several countries due to "concerns about the Iranian threat."

According to the Times of Israel and based on the country's Channel 12 television news, the warning was issued after a "plot to attack" an Israeli citizen by "an individual linked to Iran" was "discovered" in Cyprus and the said individual was arrested.

Israeli Channel 12 TV also announced that, in addition to the main suspect, three Cypriot citizens are considered suspects in this connection.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Iran had once again been shown to be intent on harming Israelis and had plotted to attack an Israeli citizen in Cyprus.

Teddy Sagi, who is of Azerbaijani origin and has made his fortune, including through gambling, has denied that he was targeted.

It has been said on social media that business competition was the motivation for competitors to attempt to attack Teddy Sagi.

The person arrested in this connection is also from the Republic of Azerbaijan. Israeli media reported that the suspect is not cooperating with Cypriot police authorities during questioning.

While Israeli authorities continue to insist that the detainee had ties to Iran, according to the Times of Israel, citing Cypriot media, authorities on the island do not believe that Iran is behind the plot.

Cypriot authorities are also not convinced that Teddy Sagi himself was the target, but rather that employees of his gambling software company, whose offices are located in Nicosia, were apparently intended to be targeted.

However, the detainee, who has been in the custody of Cypriot police since last week, is being questioned on 12 possible charges, including “terrorist acts.” However, Cypriot police have not confirmed Israeli media reports that three Cypriot citizens are suspects in the incident.

The Nicosia court extended the detention of the unnamed suspect for another six days. His lawyer told Israel's Channel 12 television that the suspicions raised about his client were "false and he had no connection to Iran."

The Iranian embassy in Cyprus has said that "the Zionist regime has made false and baseless claims."

Despite this, the Israeli government has issued a "security alert" to its embassies and representative offices around the world.

The last similar "warning" was earlier this spring, also out of "concern about Iranian retaliation," following the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a senior scientist in Iran's nuclear program, and another act of sabotage attributed to Israel on Iranian sites.

Israel claimed that Iran was behind the attempted bombing near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi in January last year.

At that time, a small explosive package was found inside a plastic bag next to a staircase 40 meters from the Israeli embassy, ​​without the ability to cause any harm.

According to some Indian media reports, Kashmiri Islamist elements were apparently involved in the incident on that day, which was India's National Day, although an unidentified group called "Jaish-e-Hind" also claimed responsibility. Israeli media at the time said that several Iranian citizens had been questioned in connection with the incident.

The Iranian Embassy in India considered attributing that incident to the Islamic Republic of Iran as an attempt to damage the country's image and condemned it.

Source: Radio Farda