Iranian plan to arm Jordan's Brotherhood foiled

Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the US-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the matter.

The weapons were sent by Iranian-backed militias in Syria to a cell of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

The cache was seized when members of the cell, Jordanians of Palestinian descent, were arrested in late March, they said.

Tehran has been trying to flood Judea and Samaria with weapons via Jordan to be used in terrorist attacks

King Abdullah II has long been aware of the sectarian tensions in the Middle East and has previously warned about Iran’s aggressive actions.

Despite its small Shia population of just 2% of the population, the kingdom is vulnerable to Iranian influence as Tehran and its regional proxies “are leveraging Sunni Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood to gain influence,” he said.

In 2020, Jordan’s top court dissolved the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.