DUBAI - Iranian authorities have arrested hundreds of people and executed half a dozen in a sweeping security crackdown that analysts say is aimed at exerting control after a brief but punishing war with Israel exposed Iran’s deep infiltration by Israeli intelligence.

In the wake of Israel’s attacks, Iran has brought in new laws, issued a surge of death penalties on the spot and arrested people for ‘suspicious movement’ to control society, suppress dissent, and escape its own crisis of legitimacy,

The order by President Masoud Pezeshkian included no timetables or details about what that suspension would entail.

Rafael Grossi, the head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, disputed President Donald Trump’s assessment that Iran’s missile sites were “totally obliterated” by U.S. airstrikes earlier this month. In an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” broadcast on Sunday,