This frame grab from video footage released Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, by Iranian state television's IRINN network shows what officials described as faulty foreign parts that could be used in a missile or a drone.
IRAN accused Israel today of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile programme by supplying faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used.
A reporter also said that the parts could be used in Tehran's extensive arsenal of drones, which have grown in prominence as they are used by Russia in its war on Ukraine.
The report described the alleged Israeli operation as “one of the biggest attempts at sabotage” it had ever seen. It accused operatives of Israeli spy agency Mossad of supplying the faulty parts.
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