By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday vowed to target Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United States continue to escalate.
In a statement published on its official Sepah News website, the Guards described Netanyahu as a “child-killing criminal” and warned that if he remains alive, they would “continue to pursue and kill him with full force”.
Meanwhile, Iranian authorities said at least 20 people were arrested in the country’s northwest on suspicion of cooperating with Israel. The arrests followed a series of raids on alleged networks linked to Israel in West Azerbaijan Province, according to the Fars news agency, which cited provincial prosecutor Hossein Majidi.
Majidi said those detained were accused of sending details of military, law enforcement and security installations to what he described as the “Zionist enemy”.
Local media reports say Iranian authorities have carried out sweeping operations across the country in recent days, arresting hundreds of people suspected of collaborating with Israel and the United States.
The current conflict began on February 28 following joint U.S.–Israeli strikes that reportedly killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggering retaliatory actions by Tehran and further escalating tensions across the Middle East.
