‘We're closer to you than your own neck vein. Put this in your head. May God protect you'
In the hours after Israel launched its first wave of strikes against Iran on June 13, killing top military leaders and nuclear scientists, Israeli intelligence operatives launched a covert campaign to intimidate senior officials.
The apparent aim was to divide and destabilise Tehran's theocratic regime,according to three
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