The plot also targeted other prominent people in Israel.
JERUSALEM - Israeli security services said on Sept 19 they had arrested an Israeli citizen on suspicion of involvement in an Iranian-backed assassination plot targeting prominent people, including the prime minister.
The announcement of the arrest came a day after Hezbollah was hit for a second day running by a sophisticated attack that detonated communications equipment remotely.and wounding more than 450. A day earlier, hundreds of Hezbollah pager devices exploded simultaneously, killing 12 people, including two children and injuring thousands.
After being told by representatives that the businessman, identified only as Adi, could not leave Iran, the Israeli man – Moti Maman – was smuggled into Iran from eastern Turkey, where he met Adi and others, including a man identified as an Iranian security official, officials said.
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