Tel Aviv - London: «Middle East»
Israel unveiled yesterday revealed the arrest of a Belgian citizen of
Iranian origin on suspicion of spying for Iran, saying that he took
photographs of the U.S. Embassy and that he had planned to establish
business relations in the Jewish state as a cover for espionage.
He said the Internal Security Agency in Israel's Shin Bet said Ali
Mansouri, in his mid fifties was arrested on 11 September at Ben Gurion
Airport in Tel Aviv, while he was returning to Europe.
The disclosure of his arrest coincided with the beginning of the visit
of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States, where
the Iranian nuclear program tops summit agenda.
Western nations suspect and Israel that Iran is trying to possession of
nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, which
Tehran denies.
The Shin Bet said that Mansouri was born in Iran was not legally be
named in Belgium to Alex Le Mans, and the Belgian used his passport to
enter Israel.
The device that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard recruited as a spy, and
that he had visited Israel twice before his arrest, the first in July
2012 and the second in January (January 2013).
The man who won back its origins to Iran Belgian nationality in 2006
after marrying a woman descended from Belgium divorced later. He visited Iran several times for his work, and recruited from the Iranian regime last year.
The Shin Bet says that he found the documents in possession of the man,
including a number of images to different sites in Israel, including
what interests «the attention of the Iranian intelligence», including
one taken of the surface of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv from the
balcony of a nearby high-rise building. The Shin Bet statement mentions the names of four senior Iranian officials say they spy agents.
The statement said that Mansouri had planned to establish trade links
with Israeli businessmen as a cover for intelligence gathering and
«terrorist activities». It quoted Israeli security sources as saying that he had received a promise to get a million dollars for his services.
He disclosed that the «Mansouri was being held on the basis of a court
order, and that it would be tomorrow (today) in front of a judge in the
hearing will consider the extension of the period of his incarceration». Has not been announced formal charges have yet.
A source close to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the
arrest of Iranian client «is a further evidence that the speech of Iran
does not fit with its criminal acts».
Israel Radio quoted him as saying «at a time when Iran condemns
terrorism on U.S. territory, Tehran sent its agent to gather information
in preparation to commit an attack against the U.S. Embassy in Tel
Aviv».
The source said Netanyahu, who arrived in New York earlier in the «will
reveal the truth that hides behind the curtain smog launched by Iran
during the last week».
It is scheduled to meet with Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama
on Monday, and will deliver a speech to the General Assembly of the
United Nations tomorrow (Tuesday) in a bid to counter what he described
Netanyahu «happy talk» to head the new Iranian Hassan Rohani to reach an
agreement with the West for the settlement of the nuclear issue.
He said before leaving for New York that he will tell the truth «in
front of a campaign courtship (spiritual) and smiles and sweet talk
should provide the facts and telling the truth today is vital for the
security and peace of the world and the state of Israel», as reported by
AFP.
Netanyahu was alluding to this diplomatic campaign launched by the
Iranian president at the United Nations and his telephone conversation
with the U.S. president in the first contact at this level since the
Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The media reported that Netanyahu ordered his ministers not to make
public statements in order to avoid criticism of President Obama.
In the meantime, he criticized Israeli President Shimon Peres tone
«contempt» used against Obama in Israel and the United States on Iran. President Peres told Army Radio «We may agree or disagree (with the Americans), but I do not like the tone of this contempt. The others have minds to think about, too, and not only are we ». He said Peres «must Nthadt and try to influence them» any Americans.
It came while threatened and former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman Iran indirectly military strike on its nuclear facilities to
the lines of what happened with the Iraqi nuclear reactor early eighties
of the last century.
He wrote the leader of the party «Israel Beiteinu» extreme right-wing
yesterday on his social networking site «Facebook»: «It is good to
remember that in the case of Israel, the Iraqi nuclear reactor was the
only country which has warned moved effectively».
He continued, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the
Israeli Knesset and security by saying «look back clear we were right».
Israeli jets destroyed the reactor in 1981 (July) Iraqi nuclear
southeast of the capital Baghdad, and was operated on this site several
research reactors since the sixties.
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