"High-level orders" • Iranian spy's detention extended

The Magistrates Court in Petah Tikvah extended this morning (Monday) the arrest of the Iranian intelligence agent, who was arrested two weeks and a half ago at the airport prior to his departure from Israel.

During the hearing, a police representative was asked why the police removed the provision of publication order, and replied: "The decision was not accepted by me, but by the highest levels."

Last night it was released for publication that the ISA arrested Ali Mansouri (55), a businessman with a Belgian identity who entered Israel under the name Alex Manes.

The man took photographs of the US embassy in Tel Aviv and tried to follow the events in it. Mansouri was arrested at the airport and photographs of the embassy were found in his possession.

During his interrogation at the ISA, the detainee described the process of recruitment and handling by Iranian intelligence officials. He stayed in Israel in July 2012 and January 2013, and his third visit began on 3 September and ended with his arrest on September 11.

The ISA claim that he was drafted by the special operations unit of the Revolutionary Guards, the body responsible for many terrorist attacks around the world, and sent to Israel to establish business firms which could serve as a basis for special operations of the Iranian government. In exchange for his activity he was promised a million dollars.

The ISA further said that Mansouri's activities in Israel were carried out by special operations unit of the "Quds Force," which is headed by Hamid Abdallhi and Majid Alavi. Above them is Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards.

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