Public Prosecutor Saeed Mirza on Wednesday ordered five people arrested for involvement in the illegal internet network case in Barouk.
The detainees included internet network owner and a telecom ministry employee. A sixth person remains at large.
The illegal network was said to have ties to Israel.

Interim Telecoms Minister Jebran Bassil called Thursday on authorities to widen an investigation into the Barouk station case and said its satellite dish was directed toward Israel.
Speaking at a press conference, Bassil said Israel was the only side that stood to benefit from the station.

“If a serious investigation is opened into the matter, then all the details will be known, such as how the equipments were purchased and set up,” he said. He added that there was also a “business angle to the whole affair.

Bassil defended his statements on the issue saying they did not “undermine the judiciary.” He stressed that judicial services had “the potentials to uncover the circumstances behind the case.”

“There are many files that we referred to the council of ministers and were not discussed,” he said, adding that higher authorities were “hindering our work to confront these violations.”

“We give the judiciary the information we to enable it to reach the facts not to underestimate their significance,” he added.

“The person who set up the Barouk network knows exactly to which direction he pointed it,” Bassil added.