Iranian officials: recent Mideast attacks a secret plan to raise war costs, ynet reports

Senior Iranian officials claim that recent attacks in the Middle East are part of a secret plan to increase the cost of war, according to a report by ynet.

Senior Iranian officials, cited by ynet, claim that the recent attacks in the Middle East are a secret plan to raise the cost of war for Iran. The report, attributed to unnamed Iranian officials, does not specify which attacks or which actors are involved. The claim has not been independently verified.

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