Iran confirms it possesses a large quantity of sensitive documents related to Israel’s nuclear facilities
Iranian state television said Saturday that Iran had obtained sensitive documents related to Israel, particularly its nuclear facilities, without providing any explanation about these documents or how they were obtained.
The Iranian state television reported briefly, “Iranian intelligence services have obtained a large amount of strategic and sensitive information and documents related to the Zionist entity, including thousands of documents related to its nuclear projects and facilities”.
The operation had been carried out some time ago, but the sheer volume of documents smuggled from Israel and the need to safely transport the entire shipment into Iran forced a media blackout until it was confirmed that the documents had reached the designated protected locations.
The large number of documents required a long time to review and examine the accompanying photos and videos.
These statements come amid tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, which Israel considers an existential threat, even though experts consider Israel the only nuclear power in the Middle East.
Western countries, led by the United States and Israel, accuse Iran of seeking to possess nuclear weapons, but the Islamic Republic denies this.
Iran, on the other hand, insists on its right to possess civilian nuclear energy, particularly for electricity generation, under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to which it’s a signatory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to launch a military strike against Iranian nuclear sites, amid a covert war the two countries have been waging for years.
Iran occasionally announces the arrest of individuals on espionage charges, and has accused Israel of being behind targeted assassinations or acts of sabotage linked to its nuclear program.
Last year, tensions reached their peak when Iran twice directly attacked Israeli territory with hundreds of missiles or drones.
It claimed these attacks were a legitimate response to a deadly raid on its consulate in Syria, which was attributed to Israel.
Tehran also spoke of retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on its territory, for which Israel claimed responsibility, as well as the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the former secretary-general of the Iranian-allied Lebanese Hezbollah, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
