Iranian police say 21,000 people were detained during the 12-day war with Israel in June. State TV on Tuesday quoted a police spokesperson as saying citizens reported the suspects to the authorities,

Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 "suspects" during the country's 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media.

The decade-long cyber war between Israel and Iran has heated up after the June war, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Israeli officials received several suspicious text messages with malicious links in the wake of the 12-day war.