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16 minutes ago
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Iran says Israeli ‘treasure trove' of secret documents to be unveiled soon
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib has said sensitive Israeli documents related to its nuclear facilities, its relationship with the United States, Europe and other countries, as well as its defensive capabilities, will be unveiled soon. Khatib told state TV on Sunday that the documents obtained by Tehran were a 'treasure trove' capable of strengthening the nation's offensive posture, but he did not provide any immediate evidence. The Israeli government, which has never revealed details about its nuclear arsenal, said to comprise substantial atomic weapons, making it the only country in the Middle East with nuclear bombs, has not yet commented on the report of the leaked documents. However, there have been arrests of Israelis allegedly spying for Tehran amid its war in Gaza. It was not clear if the materials were connected to a reported hacking of an Israeli nuclear research centre last year. 'The transfer of this treasure trove was time-consuming and required security measures. Naturally, the transfer methods will remain confidential, but the documents should be unveiled soon,' Khatib said. He described the volume as 'talking of thousands of documents would be an understatement'. 'The sheer volume of the materials and the need to securely transfer the entire shipment into the country necessitated a period of media silence,' state broadcaster IRIB reported, citing sources, and adding that the documents had reached 'secure locations'.The latest development comes as part of a broader campaign of covert operations that Iran and Israel have waged against each other for years. While Tehran has accused Tel Aviv of assassinating its nuclear scientists, Israel has blamed Iran for supporting armed groups across the region that target its interests. Iran and Israel exchanged limited strikes in April 2024 after Iran retaliated for Israel's bombing of its embassy in Syria's Damascus, but a war was avoided. Recently, the United States Donald Trump administration has told Israel to stand down on any plans to attack Iranian nuclear sites as negotiations between Washington and Tehran are ongoing. There is also a sharp focus on Iran's nuclear programme following a report last week by the United Nations nuclear watchdog that said Tehran had carried out secret nuclear activities. Iran will likely face censure this week from the Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency over these questions about its programme. While Iran has denied wanting to create or have nuclear weapons, it has insisted that it intends to develop nuclear technology for peaceful, civilian purposes. That is a key sticking point in the concurrent Iran-US indirect talks, several rounds of which have been held in Oman and Italy about a possible nuclear deal aimed at resolving a decades-long dispute over its nuclear ambitions. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the current US proposal to abandon its uranium enrichment programme was '100 percent against our interests'. 'The rude and arrogant leaders of America repeatedly demand that we should not have a nuclear programme. Who are you to decide whether Iran should have enrichment?' he said, without mentioning stopping the ongoing talks. Iran's parliament speaker said on Sunday that the latest US proposal for a nuclear deal does not include the lifting of sanctions, state media reported, suggesting negotiations may have hit an impasse.
Shafaq News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Tehran claims spy operation targeting Israeli nuclear sites
Shafaq News/ Iran's intelligence services have reportedly obtained a large cache of sensitive Israeli documents, including files allegedly linked to nuclear and defense infrastructure, according to state broadcaster IRIB on Saturday. The report claimed that thousands of documents—comprising written files, images, and videos—were extracted from Israeli territory during a covert operation carried out 'some time ago.' Iranian officials did not provide evidence to support the allegations, but emphasized that the volume of material was 'so extensive that the process of reviewing and verifying their contents is still ongoing.' IRIB attributed the operation to Iran's intelligence apparatus and linked it to the May arrest of two Israeli citizens, Roy Mizrahi and Almog Atias, both 24 and residents of Nesher near Haifa. According to Israeli authorities, the two were detained on suspicion of collecting intelligence on behalf of Iran following a joint investigation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police's Lahav 433 unit. Israeli officials have not directly responded to the Iranian claims regarding the intelligence haul. However, at the time of the arrests, security authorities described the case as part of 'a series of recent incidents' involving efforts by Iranian intelligence services to recruit Israeli citizens for espionage activities, the Times of Israel reported. Tensions between Israel and Iran have long been marked by mutual hostility, with both countries accusing each other of conducting covert operations ranging from cyberattacks to assassinations. In recent months, Israeli authorities have announced multiple arrests of citizens suspected of spying for Iranian intelligence, often in exchange for money—highlighting Tehran's expanding efforts to infiltrate Israeli society through espionage networks.
Yahoo
3 hours ago
- Politics
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Iran ‘obtains vast quantity' of secret Israeli military plans
Iran has acquired thousands of secret Israeli nuclear and defence documents, according to its state TV broadcaster. An IRIB report on Saturday claimed: 'Iran's intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents belonging to the Zionist regime'. It said a mission to obtain the material - including documents, images and videos - was carried out 'a while ago'. Ronen Solomon, an Israeli intelligence analyst, told The Telegraph: 'I don't believe this latest information was gathered by Israelis, I think it's been stolen by hacking, more likely by a big group like Anonymous for Justice.' Mr Solomon said he suspected the operation took place last year. 'Usually when someone steals something like this and sells it on the dark network, it takes time for someone to buy it as the price negotiation and authentication takes time,' he added. A Microsoft report last year said Israel had become the top target of state-backed Iranian cyberattacks, overtaking the US. Israel has not commented on the claims. 'We don't know if it's information which is scientific or operational, and it could maybe be something like details of the supply chain, but it could also be a psychological operation,' Mr Solomon said. Dozens of Israeli citizens have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, with Tehran launching an unprecedented wave of operations aimed at intelligence gathering and assassinating the Jewish state's top political and military figures. Last month, two Israeli men were arrested on suspicion of spying in the home town of Israel Katz, the defence minister. Mr Katz said he believed the men had been involved in 'an Iranian plot to harm me as defence minister of the State of Israel'. Sites such as the operating rooms of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system and the secretive nuclear site in Dimona, have been at the centre of Iran's secret operations. Oded Ailam, the former head of Mossad's counter-terrorism unit, said Iran has discarded the slow, resource-heavy methods of classical espionage, in which individual insiders are recruited over a long period of time. He said Iran had instead turned to aggressive mass campaigns on social media, with thousands of Israelis approached in one fell swoop. 'Messages like 'Want to earn some easy cash?' now pepper the digital landscape. No serious screening or background checks, just a Telegram or email message offering money for a 'simple task'. Track a senior figure. Snap a photo of a base. Willing to try? You're in,' he explained. 'This is Iran's version of digital marketing applied to espionage: blanket targeting, no filters. And like any marketing effort, only a tiny fraction need to respond for the campaign to succeed. To Tehran, even a one per cent success rate from a thousand messages is worth it. It's a chillingly rational approach: volume will eventually produce the quality they seek. And sadly, it works.' In April, Israeli Moti Maman, 73, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having contacts with Iranian intelligence and travelling twice to Iran while Israel was fighting Tehran's proxies in Gaza and across the region. He is appealing the sentence, but many in Israel have called for an even harsher punishment. Since the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, Israel has been under fire from Iran's proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and the occupied West Bank. Last month, CNN reported that, according to US intelligence chiefs, Israel was weighing an attack on Iran's nuclear sites. It came as US and Iran talks over Tehran's nuclear programme stalled over the issue of uranium enrichment. The US wants Iran to halt all enrichment as the UN's nuclear watchdog says Tehran has enough to make multiple warheads, while Iran says its programme is for civilian uses only and exerts its right to enrich, despite having broken international regulations in doing so. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Jordan News
4 hours ago
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- Jordan News
Iran Claims Acquisition of Israeli Nuclear Documents - Jordan News
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), citing informed sources, reported that Iran's intelligence service has carried out what it described as 'the largest intelligence blow in history' against Israel by obtaining a massive trove of highly sensitive documents and information from inside Israel. اضافة اعلان According to the same sources, the operation involved the transfer of thousands of strategic and highly classified documents related to Israeli projects and facilities — including nuclear sites — into Iranian territory. The sources indicated that the operation took place 'some time ago,' but due to the large volume of material and the need to ensure the complete security of the transfer, the matter was kept strictly confidential until the 'cargo' arrived at what were described as 'secure and designated' locations. The sources added that simply analyzing the acquired materials — which include documents, images, and video recordings — will take a considerable amount of time, reflecting the scale and complexity of the operation. In a related development, Israel's internal security agency (Shin Bet) and police announced 17 days ago the arrest of two Israeli men in their twenties — Roy Mizrahi and Elmog Atias, from the northern city of Nesher — on suspicion of committing security-related crimes connected to Iran. Some analyses have speculated that the two detainees may be linked to the alleged document leak, though Israeli authorities have not confirmed any direct connection between the arrests and the intelligence operation reported by Iranian media. As of the time of this report, Israeli officials have not issued any public statement in response to Iran's claims, nor have they confirmed or denied the nature or extent of the alleged leaked information. It is worth noting that security and intelligence tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated in recent years, amid a series of overt and covert operations across multiple fronts, involving nuclear, security, and cyber-related matters.
Telegraph
4 hours ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Iran obtains ‘vast quantity' of secret Israeli military plans
Iran has acquired thousands of secret Israeli nuclear and defence documents, according to its state TV broadcaster. An IRIB report on Saturday claimed: 'Iran's intelligence apparatus has obtained a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents belonging to the Zionist regime '. It said a mission to obtain the material - including documents, images and videos - was carried out 'a while ago'. Ronen Solomon, an Israeli intelligence analyst, told The Telegraph: 'I don't believe this latest information was gathered by Israelis, I think it's been stolen by hacking, more likely by a big group like Anonymous for Justice.' Mr Solomon said he suspected the operation took place last year. 'Usually when someone steals something like this and sells it on the dark network, it takes time for someone to buy it as the price negotiation and authentication takes time,' he added. A Microsoft report last year said Israel had become the top target of state-backed Iranian cyberattacks, overtaking the US. Israel has not commented on the claims. 'We don't know if it's information which is scientific or operational, and it could maybe be something like details of the supply chain, but it could also be a psychological operation,' Mr Solomon said. Dozens of Israeli citizens have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran, with Tehran launching an unprecedented wave of operations aimed at intelligence gathering and assassinating the Jewish state's top political and military figures. Last month, two Israeli men were arrested on suspicion of spying in the home town of Israel Katz, the defence minister. Mr Katz said he believed the men had been involved in 'an Iranian plot to harm me as defence minister of the State of Israel'. Sites such as the operating rooms of Israel's Iron Dome air defence system and the secretive nuclear site in Dimona, have been at the centre of Iran's secret operations. Oded Ailam, the former head of Mossad's counter-terrorism unit, said Iran has discarded the slow, resource-heavy methods of classical espionage, in which individual insiders are recruited over a long period of time. He said Iran had instead turned to aggressive mass campaigns on social media, with thousands of Israelis approached in one fell swoop. 'Messages like 'Want to earn some easy cash?' now pepper the digital landscape. No serious screening or background checks, just a Telegram or email message offering money for a 'simple task'. Track a senior figure. Snap a photo of a base. Willing to try? You're in,' he explained. 'This is Iran's version of digital marketing applied to espionage: blanket targeting, no filters. And like any marketing effort, only a tiny fraction need to respond for the campaign to succeed. To Tehran, even a one per cent success rate from a thousand messages is worth it. It's a chillingly rational approach: volume will eventually produce the quality they seek. And sadly, it works.' In April, Israeli Moti Maman, 73, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having contacts with Iranian intelligence and travelling twice to Iran while Israel was fighting Tehran's proxies in Gaza and across the region. He is appealing the sentence, but many in Israel have called for an even harsher punishment. Since the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza, Israel has been under fire from Iran's proxies in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq and the occupied West Bank. Last month, CNN reported that, according to US intelligence chiefs, Israel was weighing an attack on Iran's nuclear sites. It came as US and Iran talks over Tehran's nuclear programme stalled over the issue of uranium enrichment. The US wants Iran to halt all enrichment as the UN's nuclear watchdog says Tehran has enough to make multiple warheads, while Iran says its programme is for civilian uses only and exerts its right to enrich, despite having broken international regulations in doing so.
