File Photo: Iran s Revolutionary Guard members stand in front of the Shahab-3 missile which is displayed during the annual pro-Palestinians Al-Quds, or Jerusalem, Day rally in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022. AP
"A spy network consisting of five members affiliated with the Zionist regime was identified and arrested," said a police intelligence statement quoted by the official news agency IRNA.
The network had been in contact with a middleman from Mossad "with encouragement from the head of a separatist group", it said, without giving further details.
On Wednesday, Iran's intelligence ministry said agents linked to Mossad who were arrested last week were also members of Komalah, a Marxist group which seeks autonomy for Kurdish-populated areas of northern Iran.
They were alleged to have been planning to target "sensitive sites" in the Islamic republic, it said.
Iran and arch-foe Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war.
Tehran has accused Israel of sabotage against its nuclear sites and assassinations of key figures, including scientists.
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