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Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-claims-arrested-bahai-members-were-spying-for-israel/

Iran Arrested Baha'i Members and Accuses Them of Spying for Israel

(Times of Israel) Iranian intelligence said a dozen members of the Baha'i religious group were arrested because they were spying for Israel, according to Iranian media reports. The General Intelligence Department of Mazandaran Province in the north of the country claimed in a statement that two of those arrested were "trained" at the Baha'i center in Haifa, Israel, the religious group's global center. It said they formed a network of spies throughout Mazandaran. Although the statement referred to just 12 suspects, the Baha'i International Community, which represents members of the faith, said that 14 people in total were detained - 13 of them youths.

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