On January 31, 2018, Yossi Cohen, former head of Israel’s Mossad, revealed a stunning account: the Israeli intelligence agency had managed to seize Iran’s military nuclear archive from inside Tehran with the help of 20 Iranian agents.
Cohen recounted:
“More than two years before the operation, Mossad received intelligence on the archive’s location. Once confirmed, we obtained internal building plans and constructed an exact replica of the facility in a friendly country.
There, we trained operatives to breach the vaults and extract the contents silently. The 20 agents selected for the mission were not Israeli nationals.
During the operation, they sent live video feeds, commentary in Farsi, and images. When we saw what those vaults contained, we knew we had captured Iran’s entire military nuclear project.”
At the time, Iranian officials dismissed the statement, claiming the stolen documents were forged. But the Israeli assault on June 13, 2025, proved otherwise, demonstrating that Cohen’s words were far from exaggeration.
Not Just Airstrikes: A Web of Assassins
The attack was not limited to aerial bombardment. A wave of assassinations targeted Iran’s top nuclear scientists and military leaders, carried out through F-35 jets, drones, and long-range missiles—but also a vast Mossad network embedded within Iran, cultivated over the years.
To understand the depth of Mossad’s penetration, consider who was eliminated:
- Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri
- IRGC Commander, Hossein Salami
- Central Command Leader, Ali Rashid
- IRGC Air Defense Chief, Davoud Shihyan
- IRGC Aerospace Forces Commander, Amir Ali Hajizadeh
- Emergency Response Commander, Ali Shadmani
U.S. media reported that Washington played a direct role, providing intelligence, refueling aircraft, and advanced munitions. But what preceded the airstrikes was even more telling.
Mossad reportedly smuggled drone parts and remote-controlled explosives into Iran using suitcases, trucks, and shipping containers. Small covert teams then assembled the UAVs near missile launch pads and air defense sites. As airstrikes began, these units disabled critical systems and attacked convoys and storage depots, delaying Iran’s response.
This operation was made possible by a deep, multi-layered spy network—with agents trained abroad, infiltrating supply chains, pinpointing targets, and executing coordinated missions from within.
A State Breached From the Inside
While Iran publicly downplayed Mossad’s presence for years, it has since launched counter-operations. Dozens of agents were arrested, and some were executed. But officials admitted that Mossad’s infiltration ran deeper than previously believed.
In November 2020, Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated using an AI-operated remote-controlled machine gun. Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi later disclosed that the person who facilitated the killing was a member of the IRGC itself.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went further in 2021, revealing that a senior counterintelligence officer tasked with stopping Mossad operations had been working for them.
“Israel runs operations inside Iran with disturbing ease. The man responsible for resisting them was an Israeli asset,” he said.
In 2022, Ali Younesi, former Intelligence Minister and advisor to President Hassan Rouhani, declared:
“Mossad has infiltrated every level of the Iranian state over the past decade. All officials’ lives are now at risk. They’re being publicly threatened. As someone who worked in intelligence, I say this with pain.”
From Fakhrizadeh to Raisi: The Pattern of Penetration
On July 31, 2024, following the suspicious helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, Mossad reportedly attended the inauguration of his successor, Masoud Pezeshkian, only to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh days later inside a fortified IRGC guesthouse.
According to The Telegraph, Mossad recruited agents within the IRGC to carry out the assassination. The targeting followed a pattern of Israel’s covert wars spreading beyond Gaza and into Lebanon, as it prepared for a ground invasion against Hezbollah.
In one unprecedented operation, Israel detonated 3,000 of Hezbollah’s internal communication devices simultaneously, paralyzing the group. These devices had been manufactured inside Iran and weaponized by Mossad. The operation was coordinated from two fronts: inside Israel and inside Iran.
A Campaign of Assassinations
Throughout mid to late 2025, Israel systematically assassinated Hezbollah’s top commanders:
- June 16: Nasser Unit Commander, Sami Taleb Abdullah
- July 3: Aziz Unit Commander, Mohammad Nima Nasser
- September 20: Radwan Unit Commander, Ibrahim Aqil
- September 24: Air Unit Commander, Mohammad Hussein Sarour
- September 26: Prominent military leader, Ibrahim Mohammad Qabsi
- September 27: Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah himself
Just days before his assassination, on September 24, Mohammad Ali Al-Husseini, Secretary-General of the Arab Islamic Council in Lebanon, publicly warned Nasrallah:
“If you knew what Iran says about you, you’d change sides. Write your will—your dreams of entering Jerusalem have betrayed you.”
According to Le Parisien, a high-ranking Iranian source leaked Nasrallah’s visit plans to Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold, enabling the strike. The paper reported the mole was “from within the Iranian regime itself.”
Following the assassination, Al-Husseini declared:
“Iran sold out Nasrallah in exchange for its nuclear ambitions. Coordinates were sent from Tehran. I swear, whoever follows him will meet the same fate—Iran has exposed them all.”
Iran’s Weakest Link
Clearly, the “Iran” referenced here is not the state as a whole, but Mossad’s embedded assets across Iranian institutions. The accuracy of the attacks confirms that only those with access to top-level intelligence could have coordinated such strikes—be they officials or Mossad operatives inside Iran’s own intelligence services.
Even the strike that targeted the residential compound of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demonstrates the unprecedented internal visibility Mossad now possesses.
But Iran is not alone. These events prove that Mossad’s covert capabilities extend across the Middle East—from Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and beyond. The Israeli intelligence apparatus has spent years weaving a spiderweb of espionage across the region.
And today, that web poses an existential threat to the sovereignty, security, and future of every state it ensnares.
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