Cypriot Police Probe Reveals Iranian Plot To Target Israelis

The national flag of Cyprus during a military parade celebrating the 61st anniversary of the Independence of Cyprus from British colonial rule.The Cyprus police investigation indicated that there was a plot to kill Israelis and other Jews. DANIL SHAMKIN/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES.

A Cypriot police probe supports claims by Israel’s Mossad of an Iranian plot to target Israelis in the eastern Mediterranean island nation.

“Local authorities received information from “friendly intelligence services” that pointed them to Iranian national Yusef Shahabazi Abbasalilu,” said a Cypriot security official to the Associated Press in an apparent reference to the Israeli intelligence agency.