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Iran claims to have penetrated Mossad operations

As I reported earlier, Iran claims to have arrested ten people in connection with the liquidation of Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, an Iranian nuclear scientist who was liquidated last January in Tehran. On Monday night, they put one of the alleged 'terrorists' on Iranian television where he 'confessed' that he had been trained by the Mossad in Israel in placing bombs alongside cars.

But did Iran really penetrate the Mossad's Iranian operation? Obviously, no one here in a position to know is saying. Yaakov Katz takes a look.

According to a statement put out by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry, Iran had arrested a network of spies linked to the assassination of one of the country’s top nuclear scientists a year ago, and the spies had revealed information on additional anti-Iran Israeli plots.

Iran blames the Mossad for the assassination last January of Teheran University physics professor Masoud Alimohammadi, who was killed by a bomb-rigged motorcycle that exploded outside his house as he was leaving for work. Possible explanations as to why he was targeted have never been made clear, particularly as he had no known link to Iran’s nuclear work, although some reports have indicated that Aliohammadi was involved in the country’s nuclear weapons program.

“After months of silent struggle, offensive, multi-layered and complicated operations and penetration into the depths of the Zionist regime’s intelligence led to the uncovering of very important and sensitive information about Mossad spies and operations,” the Intelligence Ministry statement said. “Heavy blows were inflicted on the structure of the Zionist intelligence and security services.”

Really? My gut feeling is that they have solved Ali-Mohammadi's death, because otherwise there is no reason for them to discuss that one and not any of the other nuclear scientists who were killed or defected in the last year. I cannot say for sure whether these particular people had any connection to the Mossad, but I can guarantee that the Iranians have not succeeded in shutting down all of the Israeli security service operations in Iran, and more importantly, Iran has not succeeded in replacing all of the expertise that it has lost over the past year.

Labels: Iran, Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, Mossad

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:35 PM