Hadi Tahan Nazif, the spokesman for the Constitutional Council, said on Wednesday that the body approved a bill “toughening penalty for spying and collaborating with the Zionist regime and hostile countries on security and national interests,” and another bill for “regulating non-civilian drones."
According to his remarks, the previously existing laws were ambiguous before being amended by the Parliament.
Nazif said the Constitutional Council, which is responsible for overseeing legislation, found the amendments to be in alignment with the constitution and the Sharia.
The bills were passed by the Iranian Parliament during the 12-day war with Israel in June. The legislation must be signed by President Masoud Pezeshkian to take effect.
On June 13, Israel launched a blatant and unprovoked act of aggression against Iran, triggering a 12-day war that killed at least 1,064 people in the country, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
The United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites in a grave violation of international law.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces targeted strategic sites across the occupied territories as well as the Al-Udeid air base in Qatar, the largest American military base in West Asia.
According to reports, more than 700 spies affiliated with Israel’s spy agency Mossad were arrested across Iran during the 12-day war.
Iran’s security agencies also dismantled numerous underground drone facilities in Tehran and other cities operated by Mossad agents in recent months.
Press TV