Cypriot authorities have arrested two Iranian suspects over an alleged plot to target Israelis and Jewish targets in the Mediterranean island nation.
According to the statement, Cypriot security forces uncovered and thwarted the plot in early November, in collaboration with the Mossad. The two suspects, named as Mohammad Reza Ebadi Arablu and Sa’id Ebadi, have been detained since.
Arablu is a known terror operative, suspected of involvement in a 2022 Iran-backed attempt to assassinate a prominent Israel-Georgian businessman living in Tbilisi. The extraterritorial arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Quds Force, was implicated in the Georgia assassination plot.
The Cypriot investigation uncovered a number of fake identity documents used by the two Iranian suspects, who were said to be political refugees with ties to the IRGC.
