Police in central Isfahan discovered a workshop with drone and small aircraft manufacturing equipment and arrested four suspects, deputy police commander said.
The arrest comes as Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf blamed "internal infiltration" for enabling Israeli strikes on Iran.
State media released video of the discovered "drone-making team house" as authorities crack down on suspected sabotage networks.
Iranian forces also shot down eight advanced Israeli drones in Dehloran.
Israeli strikes have killed 128 people and injured over 900, hitting hospitals, fire stations, and facilities across Iran.
Israel said 8 people were killed overnight by Iranian attacks on Tel Aviv, Haifa and other cities.
The total number of people killed since Friday stands at 24, according to the Israeli PM's office and Israeli media.
Multiple locations in central, south and east Tehran were hit by Israeli projectiles, with columns of smoke rising from many parts of the city.
IranWire has previously reported that a senior Iranian diplomat said Israeli agents have infiltrated the “highest offices” of Iran’s government through corruption, enabling strikes that killed top commanders in their homes and headquarters.
“Our government has been corrupted to the core. Israel has realized this and has been taking advantage of it for years,” the diplomat told IranWire.
“We all guessed in the past, but we now know that Israel has agents in the highest offices of the country. My friends in the Revolutionary Guards and Intelligence Ministry tell me that even counter-espionage units are filled with Israeli agents.”
The diplomat said Friday’s targeted strikes showed extensive infiltration and intelligence gathering.
“The type of operation that Israel carried out on Friday morning is the result of months, or even years, of preparation and intelligence gathering. It’s not something they planned and executed in just a few days or weeks.”
The source said finding security breaches is now a higher priority than retaliation
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