10 January 2026 :
January 10, 2026 - IRAN. IRGC Intelligence Announces Arrest of a Foreign National on Charges of “Espionage”
The Intelligence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced the arrest of a foreign national over what it described as “gathering information for Israel.”
According to Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC Intelligence Organization claimed: “This foreign national had deliberately entered the country under cover, sent by the intelligence service of the Israeli regime. He was arrested by the IRGC Intelligence while collecting information and assessing the status of terrorist actions by his affiliates. Additionally, during inspections of his belongings and hideout, definitive documents proving his espionage were discovered.”
The statement did not provide further details, including the identity of the detainee, or the time and place of the arrest, or the location where the individual is being held.
Although countering espionage is not in itself considered a human rights violation, given the Iranian government’s record of instrumentalizing such accusations to target political opponents, such claims, especially when details and judicial procedures remain unclear, are consistently met with skepticism.
