Amid increasing U.S. pressure, Iranian intel head brags of uncovering network of Western spies by JennaMC_Laugh
WASHINGTON — Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi boasted last week, without details, that his department had uncovered nearly 300 “CIA agents” and other Western spies around the world in an ongoing mole hunt, as well as disrupted violent terror cells and anti-revolutionary groups, according to reporting from Iranian media outlets.
The Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Iran over the past year, including pulling out of the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, even though the International Atomic Energy Agency has said Tehran was complying with the agreement, which was designed to limit the regime’s nuclear development.
It’s unclear how what appears to be internal rivalry between Iran’s Intelligence Ministry and the IRGC will proceed. According to a research study conducted by the Congressional Research Service, primarily conducted through Farsi and English blogs in Iran, the IRGC is required to report its activities to the Ministry of Intelligence, which is the “highest intelligence authority” in Iran. But the IRGC, along with the Intelligence Ministry, both report directly to Iran’s supreme leader.
The CIA did not respond to request for comment, and the State Department told Yahoo News it declined to comment on intelligence matters.
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