Iran's intelligence ministry announced Saturday the arrest of agents linked to Israel's Mossad who entered the country to carry out attacks against "sensitive" sites, state news agency IRNA reported.
The suspects were arrested before they could carry out their mission, IRNA said, citing a statement from the ministry.
"The members of the terrorist organization work for the Zionist spy agency Mossad who were sent to (Iran) to carry out terrorist operation... against sensitive sites," IRNA reported.
The statement did not say how many suspects were arrested or give their nationalities, nor did it identify the targets of the purported plots.
Iran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Tehran accusing its arch-foe of carrying out sabotage attacks against its nuclear sites and assassinations of key figures, including scientists.
But tensions have ratcheted up following a string of high-profile incidents that Tehran has blamed on Israel.
Iran has pointed at Israel for the killing of Revolutionary Guards Colonel Sayyad Khodai at his Tehran home on May 22.
Two other senior Guard members have also died -- one in a reported accident and the other in a shooting -- earlier this year.
In April, Iran said it arrested three people linked to Mossad and a month earlier claimed it had foiled an attack on a nuclear plant also planned by suspects linked to Israel.
