David Barnea, the head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency, said Monday that Israeli covert attacks inside Iran will continue regardless of whether or not the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, is restored.
“Even if a nuclear deal is signed it will not give Iran immunity from the Mossad operations,” Barnea said, according to The Cradle. “We won’t take part in this charade and we don’t close our eyes to the proven truth.”
Israel has a long history of carrying out covert attacks inside Iran. Most recently, Israel is suspected of being behind a string of mysterious deaths that happened inside Iran this past Spring.
Israel never officially acknowledges its assassinations or attacks inside Iran, but its involvement in these operations is usually revealed in leaks to the media. US officials recently told CNN that Israel was responsible for killing Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, a colonel in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who was gunned down in Tehran at the end of May.
Responding to Barnea’s threat, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, “We do not expect a terrorist regime [to do] anything other than terrorist actions.”
Barnea’s comments came after he visited Washington last week, where he met with a series of high-level US officials to work against a potential revival of the nuclear deal, which is seeming more and more unlikely.
Barnea and other Israeli officials say force must be used against Iran to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. But Tehran often responds to Israel’s covert attacks by increasing the activity of its civilian nuclear program, steps Israel then points to as evidence Iran is working toward a bomb.
Israel is a little tiny place that stands against the world like a pirate using military hatred. It depends entirely upon the goodwill sent in US welfare checks. Hatred, murder and war eventually put a wet blanket squelch on goodwill. Israel, like the US, is becoming isolated and visible as its ugly racist apartheid way of life becomes more widely understood.
Their Pirate Sword is made out of nuclear components…
Premeditated state terrorism.
With a capital “T”.
But the US citizen, Shireen Abu Akleh, was “an accident”.
An accidental, perfect, head shot, by a well training sniper. Very plain to see.
Plus the soldier “feels bad”
Rachel Corrie
Indeed, Rachel Corrie. Whenever Israel comes up it’s attended with that foto.
Assassinations are more suited to a two dimensional board than a three dimensional 1.. in my humble opinion. Stealing and murdering ones way to success has lost its luster. the numbers are everywhere for anyone to see, who is not in, on the take.
How is this different from gang warfare? Are there any actual rules in their rules based order?
Rules for you, not for us.
“Tehran often responds to Israel’s covert attacks by increasing the activity of its civilian nuclear program, steps Israel then points to as evidence Iran is working toward a bomb.“
Does a civilian nuclear program require 60% enrichment? At least be honest here
Wasn’t that because the other signatories refused to comply with the deal?
It’s clear why they did it. My point is that the author of the article tries to mislead the reader by saying that Iran is simply increasing the activity of their “civilian nuclear program”.
There, there … it must really chafe that multiple NIEs from 2005 to recently have concluded that Iran does not have a military nuclear program, right? But aren’t you actually glad that netty yahoo and the other nuts have been wrong for the past 25 years? Iran would have had hundreds of nukes by now if they had been right and the program was not civilian in nature.
Doesn’t chafe at all. I wish it were true. But I don’t trust Iran one bit and I fully expect them to produce a bomb…at which point people like you will say:
“Well of course, what did you expect them to do?”
Up to now, they have decided that their security is best with the capability of going nuclear but not the actuality of nuclear bombs, as such WMDs are contrary to their belief system. However, necessity is the mother of invention. Therefore, it is incumbent on the “west” and Israel to make sure they don’t feel threatened enough to change that calculus.
Their belief system also includes the concept of Taqiyah.
Lying is generally considered a sin for believers by Islamic jurists, but this is not a blanket judgement. The tradition records Muhammad lying and breaking oaths on a number of occasions when it served his purpose, particularly when it came to warfare.
They will do whatever they believe to be in their best interest (as will most nations). Unfortunately, they believe it is in their interest to destroy Israel and to spread Shia Islam. They will do all in their power to bring this about
“Unfortunately, they believe it is in their interest to destroy Israel and to spread Shia Islam. They will do all in their power to bring this about”
And suddenly they will be able to do this if they acquire nukes? In other words, they are only suicidal if they have nukes to back themselves up.
You’re trying to confuse the issue with “Taqiyah” … there is no question that Iran HAS NOT been building nukes. Multiple US intelligence estimates have concluded this over the past 20 years.
Now, IF they continue to be threatened in a believably existential manner, THEN they may decide to change their minds and nuke up. So the responsibility is squarely on the US and Israel to make sure Iran never feels truly threatened enough to take that last step.
Since its inception, the Islamic regime has preached the destruction of Israel. Ayatollah Khomeini claimed that Israel was a cancerous tumor that must be eradicated. So to say that this is a reaction on the part of Iran to hostility and threats from Israel is just not true.
Well as any Republican would say “just kidding”. They simply don’t have the capability to destroy Israel. The USA has to live under the threat of nuclear destruction form Russia we seem to be able to handle it.
True indeed, but we are confused by the obvious truth that it makes sense for them to build nukes.
Tell me you don’t know what taqiyah means without telling me you don’t know what taqiyah means.
Nicely phrased Thomas.
Liars are cursed by God in the Quran.
I really doubt that. The doctrine of MAD still holds, in fact in Irans case it would be decidedly one sided destruction. Israel is a convenient evil to rally the people and sure they will support Hezbollah and that is an annoyance as far as Israel is concerned but existential threat, nope.
If you expect it because you have such a wild imagination, it should only hold true that some of us would indeed expect it since Israel/US seem hellbent on making it a reality.
It certainly doesn’t
Responding to Barnea’s threat, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said, “We do not expect a terrorist regime [to do] anything other than terrorist actions.”
Bingo!!! And they just openly admitted to doing just that.
It would be wise for Israel to remember that Iran can fight back…
Reciprocal responses in kind are necessary. Eye for an eye
Israel is the 51st state; what do they care?
Pfft, then they would only have 2 senators.
It would be wise for Iran to remember the USA seems to be at Israels disposal. Onward Christian soldiers, and all that. Sad though that may be.
And the Arash-2 suicide drones are pointed at Tel Aviv and Haifa….!
Just don’t, Israel is so much better funded and equipped than Iran it is pointless and stupid. Much better to win this one at the level of ideas, and public opinion.
Turnabout is fair play.
This I believe, nice to get it on paper
Israel’s Mossad Chief Vows to Continue Covert Attacks Inside Israel