On Monday, Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence announced it had thwarted “serious terrorist plots” aimed at assassinating 23 officials during the 12-day war with Israel. The ministry confirmed the arrest of hundreds of spies and terrorists and the disruption of dozens of “conspiracies and seditions.”

In a detailed statement, the ministry outlined the dimensions of what it described as a “silent battle with NATO’s intelligence alliance” during the twelve-day conflict. It claimed that the “aggression led by the satanic and hostile alliance—headed by the United States and the Zionist entity against Iran—was not merely a limited military operation targeting nuclear and defense facilities, but a comprehensive and complex war plan.”

The ministry explained that the plan involved intertwined elements, including military, security, and intelligence measures, perception warfare, psychological operations, assassinations, sabotage, destabilization, and inciting internal chaos, with the goal of forcing Iran into submission, overthrowing its Islamic system, and tearing apart the country's unity.

It added, “This plan was prepared under the supervision of the hypocritical American administration, executed by the criminal Zionist gang, with cooperation from several European countries, and aided by anti-revolutionary groups, takfiri terrorists, and armed lawbreakers.”

The statement further emphasized that preparations for this war went beyond military and weaponry readiness—it also included complex arrangements involving attempts to initiate negotiations and the use of certain international organizations to level false and unjust accusations against Iran over breaches of its nuclear commitments, culminating in an "unjustified and illegal" resolution from the IAEA Board of Governors against Iran.