Iran says individuals held in connection with colonel's killing
The announcement was made as Israel and Iran traded more overt threats in their escalating war of words.
Iran's judiciary has confirmed it was holding individuals accused of involvement in the high-profile killing of a colonel back in May that Tehran blamed on Israel's intelligence apparatus.
Judicial spokesperson Masoud Setayeshi said at a Sept. 13 press conference in Tehran that an investigation into the assassination of Hassan Sayyad Khodai was underway.
Khodai was a member of Iran's Quds Force, the overseas branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and had served in Syria, where the Islamic Republic has been active for over a decade to avert the collapse of its ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
Setayeshi did not disclose the identities of those arrested, citing the "classified and confidential" nature of the probe.
