Inside Mossad’s Secret Mission: How Israeli Intelligence Infiltrated the Iranian State
Inside Mossad’s secret mission: How Israeli intelligence infiltrated Iran’s state apparatus, executed covert operations, and targeted nuclear sites. Discover the latest on this high-stakes espionage and its impact on Middle East stability.
How did the Mossad infiltrate the Iranian state apparatus?
On January 31, 2018, Yossi Cohen, the former head of Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, revealed how they managed to seize the Iranian military nuclear archive in Tehran using twenty Iranian agents.
He said:
“More than two years before the operation, the Mossad received intelligence about the archive’s location and began searching for it. We got detailed maps of the building’s interior when we found it.
To practice, we even built an exact replica of the building in a friendly country.
On site, we trained to storm the building and quietly empty the safes. Twenty agents without Israeli citizenship were recruited for the mission.”
During the operation, these agents streamed live footage in Persian, explained what they saw, and sent photos back.
When we finally saw the contents of those massive safes, we knew we had found the Iranian military nuclear program documents.
At the time, some thought Cohen’s claims were exaggerated.
Iran denied them, calling the stolen documents fake.
But the Israeli airstrike on June 13, 2025, proved otherwise.
This wasn’t just any strike.
Alongside missiles and drones launched from Israel over 1,600 km away, the Mossad’s secret agent network inside Iran played a key role.
They took out several senior Iranian officials and nuclear scientists.
The list is chilling:
- Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces
- Hossein Salami, Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Ali Rashid, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Central Headquarters
- Davoud Shihian, Commander of IRGC Air Defense
- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, IRGC Air Force Commander
- Ali Shadmani, IRGC Emergency Command
The United States supported the attack by providing intelligence, tanker aircraft, and weapons, according to US media reports.
They explained: “Before the F-35s attacked the nuclear targets...”
Militarily, the Mossad led the covert operations.
Covert Drone Operations Inside Iran
For months, the Mossad smuggled quadcopter parts loaded with explosives into Iran.
These drones were hidden in suitcases, trucks, and containers.
Small teams positioned them near missile sites and air defense systems.
When the airstrikes began, these teams disabled critical systems and targeted launchers coming out of bunkers.
The drone teams destroyed missile convoys and warehouses, taking out dozens of launch trucks and delaying Iran’s response.
This secret network, years in the making, depended on operatives trained abroad, infiltrating supply lines and carefully marking targets.
Iran’s Counter-Attack and Mossad’s Continued Influence
Iran had long downplayed the Mossad’s infiltration inside its borders.
But after the attacks, they launched counter-operations.
Dozens of Mossad agents working on the ground were arrested; some were executed.
Still, the Mossad threat in Iran remains real.
The network didn’t just target ordinary citizens but also penetrated the highest levels of power, Iranian officials admitted.
Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
In November 2020, two years after the nuclear archive operation, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated.
A remote-controlled machine gun using artificial intelligence carried out the killing.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said the person who helped was a member of the Revolutionary Guards, but didn’t name the Mossad agent embedded inside Iranian intelligence.
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirmed in 2021 that a senior official tasked with fighting Mossad operations was himself a Mossad agent.
He said, “Israel conducts complex operations in Iran and obtains sensitive information with disconcerting ease. The state apparatus remains silent. The person responsible for resisting Israel was a state agent.”
Mossad’s Deep Network Inside Iran
The Mossad spy network in Iran is vast, allowing targeted assassinations at will.
In 2022, Ali Younesi, advisor to former President Hassan Rouhani, said, “Over the past ten years, the Mossad has infiltrated every aspect of the Iranian state.”
He added, “The lives of all officials are in danger. They have openly threatened them. This situation deeply saddens me.”
Targeted Assassinations and Regional Influence
On July 31, 2024, after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a mysterious plane crash, the Mossad attended the inauguration of his successor, Massoud Pezeshkian.
They also assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at a guesthouse guarded by the Revolutionary Guards.
According to The Telegraph, the Mossad used Revolutionary Guard agents to carry out the killing.
Operations Against Hezbollah
As Israel escalated its actions in Gaza, it targeted Hezbollah in Lebanon.
It demonstrated its deep infiltration in Hezbollah and Iran through a series of assassinations.
In one operation, Israel detonated the pagers used for communication by Hezbollah, hitting 3,000 members simultaneously.
The operation was coordinated from two fronts: Israel and Iran.
The pagers, supplied from Iran, were converted by the Mossad into explosive devices.
Hezbollah Leaders Targeted One by One
Israel continued targeting Hezbollah leaders:
- June 16: Sami Taleb Abdullah, commander of the Nasser unit
- July 3: Muhammad Ni'mah Nasser, commander of the Aziz unit
- September 20: Fuad Shukr, top military commander
- September 24: Ibrahim Aqil, commander of the Radwan unit
- September 24: Ibrahim Muhammad Qabsi
- September 26: Muhammad Hussein Surur, Air Force commander
- September 27: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Betrayal and Espionage Within Hezbollah
Days before Nasrallah’s assassination, Muhammad Ali al-Husseini warned him on TV:
“If you knew what Iran says about you, things would be different. Write your will. Your dreams of entering Jerusalem have deceived you, and your partners have abandoned you.”
A Lebanese security source told Le Parisien that an Iranian agent informed Israel about Nasrallah’s planned visit to Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut.
This agent was “from within the Iranian regime itself.”
Iran’s Role in Betrayal
After the assassination, Husseini said, “Iran betrayed Nasrallah for its nuclear ambitions. The coordinates came from Tehran. Whoever replaces Nasrallah will be killed. Iran leaked all the information.”
Here, “Iran” refers to Mossad agents inside the state apparatus.
Only officials or spies with similar access could know the exact locations of these leaders.
Mossad’s Reach Beyond Iran
The attack near Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s residence proves the Mossad has precise intelligence.
But their activities go beyond Iran.
Israel has launched precise operations in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, thanks to the espionage network it built over the years.
A Growing Threat to the Region
This secret Israeli network poses a real threat to the stability and existence of countries across the Middle East.
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