Thu 14 October 2021:
According to Turkey’s state-run news agency, Turkish officials captured eight individuals, including two alleged Iranian operatives, who attempted to kidnap a former Iranian soldier and return him to Iran.
The eight were arrested on Sept. 24 in the eastern province of Van, which borders Iran, in a joint operation by Turkey’s police and intelligence agencies, according to the Anadolu Agency. On Wednesday, a Turkish government official confirmed the arrests but gave no other details.
The Iranian intelligence officers were found to be trying to create a network with a budget of $30,000 in Turkey’s Van province to abduct a former Iranian soldier, identified only by the initials M.A., to Iran.
The members of the network, who were followed closely by MIT, was ordered by Iranian Intelligence officers to offer M.A.’s wife $10,000 to help them in abduction.
It was found that the wife, identified only by the initials M.E., was threatened by the network that her family living in Iran will be harmed if she refused.
The MIT and police caught the network members red-handed after they were sent to Van to abduct M.A to Iran via vehicle.
At around 9.00 p.m. local time on Sept. 24, a Turkish citizen, identified by initials M.E.A, and an Iranian citizen, identified as S.S., who tried to enter the residence to kidnap the former Iranian soldier, were arrested.
In the ongoing operation, six other Turkish citizens were also caught.
Last year, Turkish officials arrested 11 people suspected of helping Iranian agents smuggle an Iranian dissident back to Iran.
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