The suspects were allegedly asked by Tehran to kill a nuclear scientist and the mayor of a large city.
Seven Arabs from Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli security forces on suspicion of plotting to murder scientists and officials on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, local media reported on Tuesday morning.
The suspects, aged between 17 and 23, from the neighborhood of Beit Safafa in the eastern part of the Jewish state’s capital, were allegedly asked by Tehran to kill a nuclear scientist and the mayor of a large city.
The leader of the terror squad, 23-year-old Rami Alian, admitted to the charges, stating during interrogations that he “felt proud that an Iranian approached him,” according to Israel’s Kan News public broadcaster.