Israel foils Iranian attack on embassies in East Africa

 Legal Insurrection:

A major Iranian terror attack on the U.S., Israeli, and Emirati embassies in an East African nation has been foiled,  Israel media reports say.

The authorities in an unnamed African country have arrested several Iranian agents involved in scouting diplomatic missions for a terrorist attack, the Israeli public broadcaster Kan disclosed on Monday.

Many of the Iranian agents were reportedly using European identities while carrying out the operation.

“Several agents were of European nationality, besides their Iranian citizenship,” the Israeli channel i24News disclosed.

The Times of Israel news website reported:

Several Iranian agents who scouted out the Israeli, American, and Emirati embassies in an unnamed East African country in preparation for a potential attack have been arrested, according to a Monday Israeli TV report.

The agents were sent by Iran to gather intelligence on the sites for a terror attack, Kan News reported, citing Western intelligence sources.

Some held dual European and Iranian citizenship, and some were arrested in the East African country, while others were apprehended in different countries. The attack was thwarted last month, according to the report.

The report said Iran intended to target one of the missions in retaliation for the killing of its top general Qassem Soleimani by the US last year and of top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November. Iran blamed Israel for Fakhrizadeh’s killing and swore revenge.

The revelation comes days after an IED blast outside the Israeli embassy in India. The pro-Iranian terrorist group, Jaish-ul-Hind, claimed responsibility for the attack, the Indian media reported.

The Indian authorities have also cited an Iranian hand in Friday’s bombing.

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There is more.

It would not surprise me to see Israeli strikes against Iranian facilities in the Middle East.  Israel is not a country to let such provocations go unanswered.  The attack in India included a warning from Iran.

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