In one call, an Israeli agent ordered an Iranian military leader to send a video disavowing his hardline regime, a recording shows
Israeli intelligence operatives personally phoned several of Iran’s senior military commanders shortly after preemptive strikes began last week, warning them to flee the country or be assassinated along with their wives and children, according to audio messages published Monday.
During one such call, an excerpt of which was obtained by the Washington Post, an Israeli agent informed one of Tehran’s senior military leaders that he had 12 hours to leave the country or otherwise face death. The Israeli operation was meant to sow discord and fear among Tehran’s senior leadership in the hours after the assault on Iranian nuclear sites began.
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“I can advise you now, you have 12 hours to escape with your wife and child,” the Israeli intelligence operative says in Farsi. “Otherwise, you’re on our list right now.”
“We’re closer to you than your own neck vein,” the caller adds. “Put this in your head. May God protect you.”
The Iranian military leader was then instructed to film and publish a video of himself publicly disavowing the country’s hardline regime.
“How should I send it to you?” the general asks.
“I will send you a Telegram ID,” the Israeli agent replies. “Send it.”
A second similar call was also placed to “another senior Iranian official” close to Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei, according to the Post, which withheld the names of those military leaders reached by Israel.
It is unclear whether the military leader made or sent the video, the Post reported.
