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Islamic Republic has long accused arch-enemy Israel of carrying
out covert operations on its soil. Tehran has lately accused
Israeli and Western intelligence services of plotting a civil
war in the country, now gripped by some of the biggest
anti-government protests since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Mehr named the four accused and, referring to Israel, said they
were "sentenced to death for the crime of cooperating with the
intelligence services of the Zionist regime and for kidnapping".
It added: "With guidance from the Zionist intelligence service,
this network of thugs was stealing and destroying private and
public property, kidnapping people, and obtaining fake
confessions."
Mehr said the accused had been arrested by the Revolutionary
Guards and the Ministry of Intelligence.
Three other people were handed prison sentences of between five
and 10 years for allegedly committing crimes such as acting
against national security, aiding in kidnapping, and possessing
illegal weapons, it said.
(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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