Iran has arrested tens of thousands of people after the “humiliated” regime in Tehran ordered security forces to hunt down spies who helped Israel kill the country’s top military leaders.
An appeal to Iranians to turn over “suspicious” people to the police led to thousands of arrests, state media reported, as the country’s top judge said he would deal “decisively and legally” with spies. He spoke a week after Iran executed another alleged spy for Israel.
The crackdown has particularly targeted ethnic and religious minorities in Iran and has drawn condemnation from the UN. Iran has expelled thousands of Afghans, and those arrested have included journalists and human rights advocates, according to the UN.
