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‘Azerbaijan arrests Iran-linked terror s… JPost – International.

By Ben Hartman

Police in Azerbaijan arrested a number of people with links to Iran and Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, AFP reported Tuesday according to Azeri state TV.

Azeri police said the detained suspects were planning attacks on foreign citizens in the Eurasian nation.

The state TV report said the suspects had bought weapons including firearms and explosives, and had gathered intelligence on potential targets.

Terrorists in India and Georgia, which neighbors Azerbaijan, targeted Israeli diplomats last week when they planned bombings of the Israeli embassies in New Delhi and Tbilisi. While Georgian sappers defused the bomb in Tbilisi, an Israeli diplomat’s wife and her Indian driver were wounded when a bomb attached to their vehicle exploded.

Israel blamed Iran for the attack. Tehran denied any role in the attacks, saying Israel seeks to tarnish the Islamic Republic’s image.

The Foreign Ministry announced last week that Israeli missions in foreign countries were on high alert after the terror attacks; four undisclosed embassies were closed for a number of days.

Israel fears reprisal attacks from Hezbollah after the recent anniversary of the assassination of the Lebanese group’s terror mastermind Imad Mughniyeh in 2008, which Hezbollah blames on its proclaimed archenemy Israel.

Herb Keinon contributed to this report

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