Israel Tells Worried Members of Iran's Security Services to Contact Mossad
The Israeli military is urging members of the Iranian security services to contact Israel's Mossad intelligence service, claiming they had been receiving messages from officials worried about Iran's 'uncertain future.'
There was no immediate way to independently verify the claim.
In a post on the social platform X in Farsi, the Israeli military provided a website and urged users to employ a virtual private network before attempting contact.
'Even those who identify themselves as members of the regime's security institutions express their fear, despair, and anger at what is happening in Iran and ask us to contact Israeli authorities - so that Iran does not suffer the same fate as Lebanon and Gaza,' the message added.
The message did not elaborate. However, it comes as Iran is in a frenzy over spies, prompting warnings to officials to abandon certain devices, apps and web services.
The internet was down in Iran late Wednesday afternoon. Authorities offered no immediate explanation.
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