Iranian General Ali Nasiri, who was arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, was quoted today (Friday) by Iranian-affiliated media, including the Hezbollah-affiliated television station Al-Miyadin, denying reports of his arrest.
The general, who had previously been entrusted with the security of intelligence personnel, was quoted in the media as saying, "What the Americans have spread is rumors, I am still in my job and continuing my work."
Iranian General Ali Nasiri
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الجنرال في حرس الثورة الإسلامية العميد علي نصيري، في لقاءٍ صحافي: ما نشرته وسائل إعلام أمريكية عن اعتقالي بتهمة التجسس لصالح "الموساد" مجرد شائعات.#غرب_آسيا pic.twitter.com/vUopZgq8UH
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However, no further details have been released on the general's condition and it is possible that this is an attempt to minimize damage following a series of embarrassing revelations for Tehran in recent weeks.
As you may recall, it was reported on Tuesday that a source with ties to the Revolutionary Guards told the American newspaper that Nasiri had been arrested.
"Our security strength has always been the bedrock of the Islamic Republic and it has been damaged in the past year," admitted the former senior member of the reformist camp currently in opposition to the Conservatives led by President Ibrahim Raisi.
Another source, anonymous, added that Nasiri's arrest came two months after the dismissal of "dozens of workers" in the Iranian Ministry of Defense and those in charge of the regime's missile program on suspicion of also providing classified information to Israel.
"Security breaches within Iran and the sheer scale of Israel's actions have really undermined our most powerful intelligence organization," Muhammad Ali Abtahi, a former Iranian vice president willing to identify himself, said in a telephone conversation with the Times of Tehran.
Documentation of a cyber attack on a steel plant in Iran, this week
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As you may recall, since May a series of incidents have taken place on Iranian soil that have included the mysterious deaths of a number of scientists and officers associated with the Revolutionary Guards Aviation and Space Unit, all under the watch of the organization's intelligence chief, Hussein Tayeb.
The latter was eventually ousted, also due to the failure of the attempt to harm Israelis on Turkish soil.
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