Overview

• Iranian police said they detained 21,000 suspects during the 12-day June conflict with Israel, marking the first comprehensive arrest count for the war.
• Authorities credited a 41 percent surge in public tip-lines, more than 1,000 checkpoints and phone-data reviews for identifying alleged collaborators.
• Of those held, officials reported 2,774 suspected illegal migrants, 261 accused of espionage and 172 arrested over unauthorized filming.
• The police figure far exceeds a late-July judiciary report of roughly 2,000 arrests and offers no clear breakdown of who remains in custody.
• Since late June, at least seven men convicted under swift espionage trials have been executed, prompting human-rights warnings about secret proceedings and forced confessions.