Turkish intelligence found an Iranian intelligence operation in eastern Turkey that was collecting information to be passed on to terrorist groups for attacks within Turkey!
Iran really seems to be getting increasingly isolated in the region, getting on the wrong side of the Arab world as well as Turkey.
Iranian spy ring exposed in Turkey, dealing blow to ties between neighbors
The revelation of an Iranian spy ring in Turkey’s eastern province of Iğdır, which borders Iran, may be the latest blow to a deepening confidence crisis in Turkey regarding the mullahs’ regime in Tehran.
The governor’s office of Iğdır announced in a written statement on Wednesday that Turkish police had detained eight Turkish citizens in simultaneous operations on charges of spying for Iranian intelligence. The arrests stem from the expansion of an investigation by police after the arrest of two Iranian citizens and one Turkish citizen on Aug. 19, 2011, all of whom were found in possession of digital recorders with information on state security.
The two Iranian nationals and Turkish citizen were then arrested under Article 327 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which criminalizes the acquisition of information on state security by unauthorized individuals.
The arrest of eight Turkish citizens on Tuesday came after police uncovered extensive links associating them with the Iranian citizens arrested in 2011.
Turkish media reported on Wednesday that Turkish police had found a photograph of the Iğdır Provincial Gendarmerie Command building in a minibus in Iğdır in 2011 and detained two suspects of Iranian origin, identified as Shahram Zargham Kohei and Mohammed Reza Esmaeilpour Ali Malek, on charges of taking photos in a restricted area of police stations and strategic buildings belonging to military units. Newspapers claim that the group had been planning to fuel insurgency among the Kurdish population in southern and southeastern Turkey.