‘Iranian Revolution Guards Corps plan to create a Hezbollah sort group on this space’
Two massive items of reports got here from Caucasian states final week – Azerbaijan introduced the opening of its embassy in Israel, whereas Georgia thwarted an Iranian assault on Israeli businessman Itsik Moshe.
These seemingly unrelated occasions have one factor in frequent – each international locations which have pleasant relations with Jerusalem have in recent times turn into extremely essential for Iran’s efforts to hurt the Jewish state.
In keeping with native media, interrogations of captured Iranian operatives in Georgia confirmed they had been involved with Iranian brokers in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku and within the Iranian province of Ardabil, whereas the order to assassinate Moshe got here instantly from the particular unit of the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) – the Quds Drive.
Israeli political analyst Ariel Kogan believes there are extra critical threats coming from Tehran.
“As a substitute of infiltration and creation of scattered cells within the international locations of the area, with the targets of hanging at Israeli targets or objects of significance for Israel, Iranian intelligence companies and the Iranian Revolution Guards Corps plan to create a Hezbollah-type group on this space,” he informed i24NEWS, referring to Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon.
He identified that earlier in November, Sheikh Tawhid Ebrahimi, chief of the Islamist group Huseyniyyun, stated “Azerbaijan and the Caucasus want the assist of a full-fledged Islamic resistance group, akin to Hezbollah.” Ebrahimi’s group was created by the IRGC from the adherents of their ideology, who fled to Iran from Azerbaijan.
“If such a company had been to be fashioned, then Iran’s capabilities within the area would rise to a a lot larger and considerably extra harmful degree,” Kogan burdened.
The analyst, who’s accustomed to the state of affairs within the area, added that there’s a excessive chance that Georgian safety forces coordinated their efforts with the counterintelligence companies of Azerbaijan, which arrested 5 Iranian brokers a day previous to the operation in Tbilisi.
In keeping with the Azerbaijani Telegram channel AZfront, all the arrested Iranian brokers had been offering Iran with info relating to navy objects and coaching procedures of assorted Azeri navy models. As well as, two brokers had particular reconnaissance duties: One was tasked with monitoring actions of particular embassies and consulates in Baku, whereas the opposite was amassing info on the utilization of drones by the armed forces of Azerbaijan.
Provided that Azeri forces use Israeli drone expertise, and have not too long ago pledged nearer safety and diplomatic ties with the Jewish state, Iran’s operations within the area, thus far unsuccessful, may pose a major risk to Israel’s safety.
