Iranian state television has reported, citing informed sources, that Iranian intelligence has successfully obtained thousands of highly sensitive documents related to Israel’s nuclear facilities. The announcement was reportedly delayed to ensure the safe transfer of the materials into Iranian territory.
According to the report, “the process of transferring these documents into Iran required extensive time and effort. The files include written documents and video recordings concerning Israeli nuclear sites.”
The broadcast described the operation as “the greatest intelligence strike in history against Israel,” highlighting the massive volume and extreme sensitivity of the information extracted from deep within Israeli institutions.
It was revealed that the operation was executed “some time ago,” but the enormous scale of the data and the imperative need to securely transport it led to a complete media blackout until the documents were delivered to protected locations within Iran.
“The mere task of reviewing the obtained materials — including detailed photos and accompanying videos — is expected to take a significant amount of time,” the report added, underscoring the depth and complexity of the intelligence haul.
In recent weeks, Israel’s domestic security agency Shin Bet (Shabak) and Israeli police announced the arrest of two young men in their twenties — Roy Mizrahi and Elmog Atias from the northern city of Nesher — on charges of “security-related crimes linked to Iran.”
Analysts have speculated that the detainees may have played a role in the leak, although Israeli authorities have not officially confirmed any direct connection between their arrests and the intelligence operation claimed by Iranian media.
To date, no official Israeli body has responded to Iran’s announcement, nor have they denied or confirmed the scale or content of the alleged data breach.
It’s worth noting that intelligence and cyber tensions between Iran and Israel have intensified in recent years, marked by both overt and covert operations on multiple fronts, especially in the nuclear and security spheres.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials have previously confirmed that the United States acquired fresh intelligence suggesting Israel is actively preparing for a potential strike on Iran’s nuclear sites — even as the Trump administration, at the time, was pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran.
According to those officials, such a move by Israel would represent a rupture with the Trump-era approach and could trigger a broader regional conflict in the Middle East — a scenario Washington had been keen to avoid, particularly after the war on Gaza reignited widespread tensions in 2023.
