In 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu claimed an intelligence coup. Mossad agents, he said had broken into a warehouse in Tehran and stolen a vast archive of Iran’s nuclear program. The purloined documents, Netanyahu said, showed that Iran lied about its intentions to obtain nuclear weapons. Israel shared the documents with U.S. officials arguing...
Category: Iran
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IRGC Boasts of Food Deliveries Amidst the Pandemic
Intelligence agencies everywhere are capitalizing on the pandemic to deliver services to make themselves look good with public and with elites. In Israel, Mossad found 10 million medical masks. In Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps delivered 1.5 million “livelihood packages,” according to the Tasnim news agency. Recently, after the leadership’s orders to help believers...
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The Coronavirus Truce: Guns Falling Silent Across the Middle East
From Yossi Melman, well-informed intelligence reporter at the Haaretz, the Israeli news site. The coronavirus emergency has forced Israel’s intelligence community – Shin Bet, Mossad and military intelligence (Aman) – to adapt themselves to the new reality. Thanks to travel bans and restrictions on face-to-face meetings, their collection methods have to be modified. They must...
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My Chat on Talk Nation Radio, with David Swanson
I spoke with the Charlottesville-based talk show host last week about Israel’s role in the assassination of Qassem Soleimani, Mossad’s “prestigious list” of assassination targets, Ukraine politics and a few other things. Listen here.
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Thousands Protest in Iraq Demanding Ouster of U.S. Troops
Moqtada al-Sadr is among the most nationalistic of Iraqi political leaders. He is anti-American–and also anti-Iranian. The fact that Sadr is now calling for the ouster of the 5,200 U.S. soldiers in the country is more than a little significant. Sadr is throwing his support to the pro-Iranian forces in the Iraqi parliament. Unbeknownst to...