Iran counter-intelligence head tasked with finding Mossad operatives was himself an Israel agent, ex-president reveals

The head of an Iranian counter-intelligence unit tasked with identifying and weeding out undercover Israeli agents was himself a Mossad operative, a former Iranian president has revealed.

Speaking to CNN Turk, former Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, revealed that the head of a counter-intelligence unit specially assigned to target Mossad agents was himself exposed as a double agent back in 2021, with a further 20 agents in that team also having operated for Israeli intelligence.

According to Ahmadinejad, those double agents were behind a series of intelligence leaks and failures on the part of Iran over the years, providing Israel with sensitive information on matters, such as the Iranian nuclear program.

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One such operation was the theft of documents on the nuclear program that were taken from Iran to Israel back in 2018, and which were revealed by Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, leading to then-US president Donald Trump pulling out of the Iranian nuclear agreement that year.

The alleged Mossad moles were reportedly able to flee Iran following their operations, and are now living in Israel.

The revelation comes at a time when Iranian authorities – as well as their proxies across the region – are reeling from a series of crises that have exposed significant gaps in the country’s security and intelligence apparatus, with reports increasingly showing the depths of Israel’s penetration.

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