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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Mossad's ghost army runs wild behind enemy lines in Iran
Iran yesterday executed a man convicted of spying for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. His case follows a string of similar executions in Iran targeting individuals accused of collaborating with Israel. Over the past few days, Iranian officials have arrested a number of people on suspicion of spying for Mossad. Mossad has infiltrated deep into Iran. The latest Israeli attack on Iran was mounted with the help of Mossad operatives within Iran. Mossad spies were already active on the ground in enemy territory. Also Read: Iran is no pushover: Israel is learning the hard way The fear of Mossad is real and palpable after the recent Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and killing of military officials. CNN has reported that intense paranoia has gripped Iranian authorities which are hunting Israeli spies said to be everywhere and acting with impunity. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like After Losing Weight Kevin James Looks Like A Model 33 Bridges Undo Mossad spies wearing masks, hats and goggles The Intelligence Ministry of Iran has become so paranoid about the ubiquity of Mossad operatives and collaborators within Iran that it has been asking the public to report suspicious activity and issuing guidance on how to spot collaborators, CNN has reported. One statement from the ministry urges people to be wary of strangers wearing masks or goggles, driving pickup trucks and carrying large bags or filming around military, industrial, or residential areas. "Elsewhere, a poster published by the state-affiliated Nour News – which is close to Iran's security apparatus – singled out for suspicion people who wear 'masks, hats, and sunglasses, even at night' and those who receive 'frequent package deliveries by courier.' The poster asks people to report 'unusual sounds from inside the house, such as screaming, the sound of metal equipment, continuous banging' and 'houses with curtains drawn even during the day.' Another poster, attributed to the police and published on state media, advised landlords who had recently rented their homes to notify the police immediately," the CNN report said. Live Events You Might Also Like: Iran claims to have hit Mossad training facility in Herzliya; Israel kills top Iranian military officer Citing Iran's state-controlled media, the report said that the Basij, a paramilitary wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard which was used to crack down on anti-regime protests, has been deployed in night patrols to increase surveillance in the wake of the Israeli infiltration, indicating the pervasive fear of Israeli operatives running wild behind enemy lines. In a video statement on Monday, Iran's chief of police Ahmad-Reza Radan urged 'traitors' to come forward, suggesting those who realized they had been 'deceived by the enemy' might receive more lenient treatment and be 'honored' by Iran – while those who were caught would be 'taught a lesson that the Zionist enemy is being given now', as per the report. The paranoia about Mossad operatives has grown after the recent Israeli strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran in which Mossad operatives played a key role. Mossad established drone bases long before the attack while its operatives deployed precision-guided weapons systems near Iranian missile air defence systems, which were activated at the same time as the Israeli air force began striking its targets. The Mossad was also involved in the killing of top Iranian military officials. Mossad even shared a video with CNN showing Israeli operatives smuggling weapons into Iran in advance of Friday's strikes. 'Mossad has treated Iran like its playground for years now,' Holly Dagres, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute and curator of the Iranist newsletter, told CNN. 'From assassinating top nuclear scientists to sabotaging Iranian nuclear facilities, Israel has proved time and time again that it has always had the upper hand in this shadow war that has now been playing out in the open since the first tit-for-tat strikes in April 2024.' Mossad's presence inside Iran has had a chilling psychological effect on the regime. Paranoia among top officials has skyrocketed. Executions of suspected Israeli collaborators have increased, often without evidence. The IRGC has undergone massive purges and restructuring, sometimes harming its own cohesion more than any external force. Mossad's ability to act with such impunity has damaged the prestige of Iran's intelligence and counter-intelligence services. In effect, Mossad has not just conducted operations, it has created a climate of internal fear and systemic distrust. You Might Also Like: Iran executes alleged Mossad spy Ismail Fakhri by hanging How Mossad managed to infiltrate Iran For over a decade, Iran has become a playground for Mossad. Widely regarded as one of the most formidable spy agencies in the world, Today, Mossad has infiltrated the heart of Iran's security, nuclear and military infrastructure with a level of access that would have seemed implausible just years ago. Through a mixture of human intelligence, cyber offensive, high-tech assassinations and psychological warfare, Mossad has turned Iran into a covert battlefield, disrupting its nuclear ambitions and sowing paranoia at the highest levels of its government. Mossad's obsession with Iran's nuclear ambitions dates back decades, but the past 10–15 years have seen a dramatic escalation in both scale and daring. The turning point came in the early 2010s, as Iran moved closer to achieving uranium enrichment milestones. Israel, feeling isolated in its concerns, doubled down on covert action. Israel's new strategy was based on recruiting operatives inside Iran, including dissidents, minorities (such as Kurds and Baloch), and informants with access to nuclear and military facilities. It embedded sleeper cells, likely for years, with access to logistics, surveillance networks and communication hubs. It cultivated defectors and insiders from Iran's own intelligence and military services, possibly even within the IRGC itself. What enabled Mossad's infiltration into Iran was its internal security gaps. Despite its authoritarian apparatus, Iran suffers from deep institutional weaknesses. Fragmented intelligence services often act independently, allowing Mossad to exploit bureaucratic blind spots. Widespread corruption makes infiltration easier. Bribes can secure documents, access and even silence. Internal dissent among minority groups, women and opposition factions has created a pool of disaffected individuals open to collaboration with foreign actors. Also, Mossad invested heavily in cutting-edge surveillance, AI, and robotics, allowing it to conduct operations with minimal physical presence. The 2020 assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using a satellite-linked, AI-powered remote-controlled machine gun was a paradigm-shifting display of remote warfare. Drone warfare and cyber-attacks (like the Stuxnet virus, co-developed with the US) allowed for deep disruption of Iran's nuclear timeline without boots on the ground. Mossad also leverages regional assets and intelligence-sharing networks with Kurdish militias in Iraq and Baluchi rebels near the Pakistan-Iran border, who provide on-the-ground support and smuggling routes. Azerbaijan and the UAE are said to secretly provide staging grounds or access to logistics for Mossad teams. Global dissident Iranian networks also assist in intelligence gathering and recruitment. In 2018, Mossad executed an ambitious operation, the Tehran nuclear archive heist. Mossad agents penetrated a guarded warehouse in Tehran and stole over 100,000 documents related to Iran's secret AMAD Project. The files were extracted in hours and smuggled out of the country the same night, a staggering logistical and intelligence feat. In 2020, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the scientist widely considered the father of Iran's nuclear program, was gunned down using a robotic, satellite-controlled machine gun, without a single Mossad agent present at the scene. In 2021, an explosion disabled advanced IR-6 centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility. Mossad was believed to have pre-positioned explosive devices months earlier and activated them remotely. What makes Mossad's penetration into Iran so remarkable is not just the success of individual operations, but the sheer consistency and boldness with which it has operated for over a decade deep inside one of the world's most closed and security-obsessed nations. The Islamic Republic, for all its counter-intelligence might, appears unable to counter an adversary that walks its streets, steals its secrets and kills its scientists, and then vanishes like a ghost.
Egypt Independent
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Iran's Mossad paranoia grows, amid fears of Israeli spies wearing ‘masks, hats and sunglasses'
CNN — Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel's Mossad intelligence service. Since Israeli strikes began Friday, 28 people in the capital have been arrested and accused of spying for Israel, while on Monday, one man arrested on that charge two years ago was hanged in what appeared to be a message to any would-be collaborator. The Iranian regime has also arrested scores of people across the country for allegedly sharing articles online 'in support of the Zionist regime' – accusing them of disrupting the 'psychological security of society' – including 60 people in Isfahan, where Israel claims to have targeted a nuclear site. The wave of arrests comes as Tehran reels from the revelation that Mossad operatives smuggled weapons into Iran before Israel's unprecedented attack and used them to target the country from within. So heightened have Iranian suspicions become since then that its Intelligence Ministry has been asking the public to report suspicious activity and issuing guidance on how to spot collaborators. One statement from the ministry urges people to be wary of strangers wearing masks or goggles, driving pickup trucks and carrying large bags or filming around military, industrial, or residential areas. Few pedestrians walk along the historic Grand Bazaar as shops remain shuttered, in Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Vahid Salemi/AP Elsewhere, a poster published by the state-affiliated Nour News – which is close to Iran's security apparatus – singled out for suspicion people who wear 'masks, hats, and sunglasses, even at night' and those who receive 'frequent package deliveries by courier.' The poster asks people to report 'unusual sounds from inside the house, such as screaming, the sound of metal equipment, continuous banging' and 'houses with curtains drawn even during the day.' Another poster, attributed to the police and published on state media, advised landlords who had recently rented their homes to notify the police immediately. Meanwhile, journalists in Iran have told CNN they are prohibited from taking pictures on the street. The fears of Israeli penetration only amplify the anxieties felt by the increasingly isolated leadership of the Islamic Republic, which has been rocked in recent years by anti-regime protests sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country's so-called morality police. The same force used to crack down on those protests, the Basij (a paramilitary wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard) has been deployed in night patrols to increase 'surveillance' in the wake of the Israeli infiltration, according to Iran's state-controlled media. In a video statement Monday, Iran's chief of police Ahmad-Reza Radan urged 'traitors' to come forward, suggesting those who realized they had been 'deceived by the enemy' might receive more lenient treatment and be 'honored' by Iran – while those who were caught would be 'taught a lesson that the Zionist enemy is being given now.' The head of Iran's judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i called for 'swift' punishment of those accused of collaborating with Israel. 'Let's say we have apprehended someone who is collaborating with (Israel), this matter under these war-like conditions … must be prosecuted swiftly and punished swiftly,' he said. The Iranian regime's rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on Friday. According to Israeli officials, operatives established a base for launching explosive drones inside Iran, then used those drones to target missile launchers near Tehran. Precision weapons were also smuggled in, they say, and used to target surface-to-air missile systems, clearing the way for Israel's Air Force to carry out more than 100 strikes with upward of 200 aircraft in the early hours of Friday local time. Intelligence gathered by the Mossad in Iran also reportedly gave Israel's Air Force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and scientists. Since then, according to Iranian media outlets, the government has seized equipment allegedly used during the Israeli operation – including 200 kilograms of explosives, several suicide drones, launchers and equipment used to manufacture the drones – in the city of Rey in Tehran province. A video published by the state-affiliated Fars News Agency showed a building with drone parts and other equipment.
Saudi Gazette
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
Iran arrests dozens amid fears of infiltration by Israeli spies
TEHRAN — Iran has arrested dozens of people on suspicion of spying as fears grow in the Islamic Republic over the extent of its infiltration by Israel's Mossad intelligence service. Since Israeli strikes began Friday, 28 people in the capital have been arrested and accused of spying for Israel, while on Monday, one man arrested on that charge two years ago was hanged in what appeared to be a message to any would-be collaborator. The Iranian regime has also arrested scores of people across the country for allegedly sharing articles online 'in support of the Zionist regime' – accusing them of disrupting the 'psychological security of society' – including 60 people in Isfahan, where Israel claims to have targeted a nuclear site. The wave of arrests comes as Tehran reels from the revelation that Mossad operatives smuggled weapons into Iran before Israel's unprecedented attack and used them to target the country from within. So heightened have Iranian suspicions become since then that its Intelligence Ministry has been asking the public to report suspicious activity and issuing guidance on how to spot collaborators. One statement from the ministry urges people to be wary of strangers wearing masks or goggles, driving pickup trucks and carrying large bags or filming around military, industrial, or residential a poster published by the state-affiliated Nour News – which is close to Iran's security apparatus – singled out for suspicion people who wear 'masks, hats, and sunglasses, even at night' and those who receive 'frequent package deliveries by courier.'The poster asks people to report 'unusual sounds from inside the house, such as screaming, the sound of metal equipment, continuous banging' and 'houses with curtains drawn even during the day.'Another poster, attributed to the police and published on state media, advised landlords who had recently rented their homes to notify the police journalists in Iran have told CNN they are prohibited from taking pictures on the fears of Israeli penetration only amplify the anxieties felt by the increasingly isolated leadership of the Islamic Republic, which has been rocked in recent years by anti-regime protests sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country's so-called morality same force used to crack down on those protests, the Basij (a paramilitary wing of Iran's Revolutionary Guard) has been deployed in night patrols to increase 'surveillance' in the wake of the Israeli infiltration, according to Iran's state-controlled a video statement Monday, Iran's chief of police Ahmad-Reza Radan urged 'traitors' to come forward, suggesting those who realized they had been 'deceived by the enemy' might receive more lenient treatment and be 'honored' by Iran – while those who were caught would be 'taught a lesson that the Zionist enemy is being given now.'The head of Iran's judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i called for 'swift' punishment of those accused of collaborating with Israel.'Let's say we have apprehended someone who is collaborating with (Israel), this matter under these war-like conditions ... must be prosecuted swiftly and punished swiftly,' he Iranian regime's rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on to Israeli officials, operatives established a base for launching explosive drones inside Iran, then used those drones to target missile launchers near weapons were also smuggled in, they say, and used to target surface-to-air missile systems, clearing the way for Israel's Air Force to carry out more than 100 strikes with upward of 200 aircraft in the early hours of Friday local gathered by the Mossad in Iran also reportedly gave Israel's Air Force the ability to target senior Iranian commanders and then, according to Iranian media outlets, the government has seized equipment allegedly used during the Israeli operation – including 200 kilograms of explosives, several suicide drones, launchers and equipment used to manufacture the drones – in the city of Rey in Tehran province.A video published by the state-affiliated Fars News Agency showed a building with drone parts and other equipment. — CNN
The Sun
10-06-2025
- The Sun
Iran amputates hands of two convicted thieves
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have amputated the hands of two men who had been repeatedly convicted of theft, the judiciary said on Tuesday. The amputations went ahead after the verdicts handed down by a court in the central province of Isfahan were upheld by the supreme court, the judiciary's Mizan Online news website said. 'The sentence of hand amputation was carried out against two professional thieves, who were convicted of multiple offences... including theft, as well as vandalism and intentional bodily harm,' Isfahan chief justice Asadollah Jafari told Mizan. He said the judiciary would continue to take a firm stance against actions that threaten public safety. Earlier this month, Iran's police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said tackling purse and mobile phone theft was a 'priority that the police will deal with firmly'. The sharia-based penal code introduced in Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979 provides for amputation as a punishment for certain offences, although human rights groups have condemned its use as 'cruel' and 'inhumane'.
Straits Times
10-06-2025
- Straits Times
Iran amputates hands of two convicted thieves
The amputations went ahead after the verdicts handed down by a court in the central province of Isfahan were upheld by Iran's supreme court. PHOTO: PIXABAY TEHRAN - The Iranian authorities have amputated the hands of two men who had been repeatedly convicted of theft, the judiciary said on June 10 . The amputations went ahead after the verdicts handed down by a court in the central province of Isfahan were upheld by the supreme court, the judiciary's Mizan Online news website said. 'The sentence of hand amputation was carried out against two professional thieves, who were convicted of multiple offences... including theft, as well as vandalism and intentional bodily harm,' Isfahan chief justice Asadollah Jafari told Mizan. He said the judiciary would continue to take a firm stance against actions that threaten public safety. Earlier in June , Iran's police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan said tackling purse and mobile phone theft was a 'priority that the police will deal with firmly'. The Syariah-based penal code introduced in Iran after the Islamic revolution of 1979 provides for amputation as a punishment for certain offences, although human rights groups have condemned its use as 'cruel' and 'inhumane'. AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
