Iran’s Intelligence Ministry outlines in detail
‘Silent battle’ against ‘Intelligence NATO’ in imposed 12-day war
The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence issued a statement clarifying different aspects of “the silent battle” the “Intelligence NATO” waged against Iran during the recent imposed 12-day war. What follows is a translation of parts of the statement published in Persian:
What unfolded during this conflict was a war plan combining full-scale use of military, security, intelligence, cognitive warfare, harassment, assassination, sabotage, destabilization, and internal chaos aimed at subjugating and forcing the country to surrender.
The Ministry of Intelligence forces and Iran’s intelligence community, before, during, and after the recent imposed 12-day war, stood their ground not only against the despicable Zionist regime but also the Western intelligence-security NATO, boldly facing a wide array of security threats and enemy mercenary attacks. They fought valiantly, captured traitors and foreign agents, and in armed clashes, wiped out enemy elements, silently and anonymously offering martyrs and veterans for the Islamic Iran and the proud Iranian nation.
However, this great and silent battle with the Zionist front was not confined to defensive measures alone. With pride, the Ministry informs the honorable Iranian nation that its personnel simultaneously held all-round security bastions and launched an unprecedented combined intelligence offensive by opening multiple fronts within the occupied territories against the ruling criminal gang. Taking advantage of this opportunity, part of the Ministry’s countermeasures and offensives (due to certain security and operational constraints) are briefly disclosed here, with more detailed updates to follow as soon as conditions allow:
1. Offensive and Defensive Espionage Cases, Information Exchange, and Anti-Terror Measures:
1.1. Numerous multifaceted offensive intelligence operations (aggressive espionage) took place in various cities within the occupied lands against the Zionist regime’s interests and its ruling criminal gang. One key tactic was recruiting informants and operatives from deep within the military and security layers of the regime to carry out missions, submit documented and visual reports, and verify these actions. It is now confirmed that although the desperate Zionist regime managed to identify and detain some Israeli agents, the majority of the sensitive operations are still underway. Furthermore, even these few uncovered cases severely rattled the criminal regime, leading to self-inflicted damage and embarrassing reactions across various regime apparatuses. Multiple public warnings issued by security, law enforcement, and the prime minister’s office attempted to shut down cooperation among the regime’s citizens with Iran and threatened heavy punishments to those aiding the Ministry of Intelligence. When cooperation from a number of military personnel, government officials, and teachers with the Ministry became apparent, the regime’s media reported a “jolt hitting” army and security forces, escalating propaganda and overt threats remarkably.
1.2. Effective intelligence efforts to beef up access and expand information-gathering channels from targets inside the regime and relay outcomes to relevant civil and military entities. Of notable significance is the exploitation of highly classified documents obtained through recent intelligence strikes against the “nuclear treasure trove” of the usurping Zionist regime in the weeks before the 12-day war, pinpointing dozens of key centers in sensitive security, armament, defense, economy, industry, refineries, power plants, fuel transmission lines, inhumane research labs (nuclear, chemical, microbial, biological), steerable frequency commands, etc., to Iranian armed forces before, during, and after the imposed war. A documentary on this subject will be broadcast soon.
1.3. Activation of a covert diplomatic mechanism in connection with the evolving war front, exchanging intelligence with other agencies, sending warning messages through regional countries, and sharing information with them.
1.4. Identification and arrest of 20 spies, operational agents, Mossad supporters connected to the regime’s officers in Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, Arak, Isfahan, Fars, Kerman, Khuzestan, Zanjan, Mazandaran, West Azerbaijan, and Kurdestan; In three special cases, joint operations were conducted with the intelligence protection units of relevant forces.
1.5. Identification of several agents allied with the regime’s intelligence officers in economic, financial, and industrial sectors poised for sabotage.
1.6. Discovery and disruption of terrorist operational sites used by the enemy during the recent imposed war across several provinces, thwarting their terror plots.
1.7. Uncovering and foiling the Zionist regime’s terror plans aimed at assassinating 23 officials of the country during the 12-day war, and 13 similar conspiracies in the months leading up to the war, successfully preventing the targeting of 35 senior civil and military officials by God’s grace.
1.8. Detecting new regime targets in the Atomic Energy Organization and certain military centers, promptly informing responsible authorities, and neutralizing sabotage attempts.
2. Terrorist, Takfiri, and Separatist Groups
During the recent imposed war, Takfiri and terrorist groups, assigned by American-Zionist criminals to spark insecurity, conduct large-scale terror operations, and fragment the country, were countered by the following measures:
2.1. Identification and arrest of 3 so-called Daesh (ISIS) emirs (commanders) and 50 Takfiri terrorists inside the country, along with discovery and confiscation of suicide vests and war weapons.
2.2. Uncovering the base of 300 foreign terrorists near the southeastern borders, poised to infiltrate Iranian soil; All movements were monitored and prevented. Moreover, the Zionist enemy was attempting to recruit and organize hundreds of mercenaries under the fake banner “United Balochistan Front,” whose activities are under close surveillance.
2.3. Discovering that approximately 150 Takfiri elements stationed in Syria were ready to head to Iran and act against it, which led to timely preventative actions.
2.4. Exposing a 12-article program and instructions by one group, which were situated across Iran’s western borders intending to initiate “Syria-style actions,” resulting in identification and detention of some members in border areas and destruction of their weapon caches prepared for smuggling into Iran.
2.5. Obtaining intelligence on the entry of certain armed group leaders into Iraqi Kurdistan and the holding of military drills by some armed groups there, prompting appropriate deterrent measures.
2.6. Striking several operational cells of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) or “insurgent hubs,” which were active during the recent war in provinces such as Tehran, West Azerbaijan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Qazvin, Hormozgan, among others.
2.7. Crushing multiple urban cells of two terrorist groups intending to carry out operations in Kurdish provinces.
2.8. Arresting extremist elements aligned with the fake regime that were promoting ethnic separatism and targeting national unity and cohesion in several regions.
2.9. Intelligence was gathered on the ill-conceived plans of terrorist and separatist groups to carry out operations and, as they call it, “seize territory” (!) in the northwest and southeast of the country. Following this, decisive preventive and punitive measures were carried out with full force.
2.10. Arresting several key figures and supporting intelligence and technical teams of a long-standing terrorist, separatist, and anti-people group in the Sistan and Baluchistan Province, who were in the process of gearing up for terrorist operations.
3. Neutralizing Conspiracies to Overthrow, Introduce Alternatives, and Colonial Cults
3.1. Discovering and establishing full intelligence surveillance over the massive American-Zionist scheme to establish a “puppet government” centered on the despised remnants of the treacherous Pahlavi family and direct involvement of fanatical Iranian-born Zionist elements such as Ben Sabti (former spokesperson of the occupying regime), Bijan Rafiekian (close to Netanyahu and former member of the Turkey-US Business Council), Ari Moghimi (representative of the Zionist regime among monarchists), and the granting of “government-in-exile” leadership to Reza Pahlavi by these actors (!) in tandem with advancing Israeli-backed separatist agendas by monarchists (detailed reports to follow).
3.2. Discovering, establishing full intelligence surveillance over, and foiling the monarchists’ plan under Mossad’s command to unleash and dispatch armed operational teams from across the country to Tehran on June 22 to carry out terrorist acts the following day (coinciding with the bombardment of Evin Prison) and attacks on nearby military and security facilities, synchronized with wide mobilization calls by Reza Pahlavi and affiliated Zionist Persian-language propagandists. This was aimed at rallying all related operatives, prisoners’ families, etc., around the prison to spark street unrest from that point. This Zionist-monarchist plot was brought to a grinding halt through identifying involved agents, delivering repeated blows to enemy operational teams, and arresting 122 mercenaries across 23 provinces before any terrorist acts in Tehran could take place.
3.3. Discovering and dealing blows to multiple teams that were paid in digital currency (USDT) by the monarchist-Zionist network hubs in various provinces tasked with sabotage actions. This also included the arrest of 65 mercenaries in the days leading up to the Israeli regime’s aggression.
3.4. Establishing full intelligence surveillance over the unusual spike in interactions and ties among the leaders of the Zionist Bahá’í sect originating from their central hub in the occupied lands (Haifa), and at the right moment, arresting agents organized to serve the Zionist-monarchist project nationwide.
3.5. While history shows Iranian Christians have always had perfect peaceful coexistence with Muslim compatriots, been loyal supporters of Iran, and sacrificed martyrs defending the country, the Zionist regime attacked this sacred unity as well. A branch of Mossad mercenaries under the guise of the so-called “Zionist Christian evangelism,” linked to the Seattle-based Church of Salvation and a church in the occupied lands, also engaged in various anti-security activities at the same time. Through full identification and arrest of 53 trained operatives abroad, alongside inspections of their organizational sites where weapons were uncovered, their activities were put to a stop.
3.6. Neutralizing a network recruiting famous figures from the arts, sports, and popular media by inviting them to Zionist-monarchist gatherings in Turkey and the US, coupled with the arrest of a dual American-national coordinator for this network.
3.7. Discovering and establishing full intelligence surveillance over the support networks and cells linked to the so-called citizen-journalist arm of the Zionist-terrorist Iran International network, revealing connections with the child-killer regime, and arresting and summoning 98 operatives inside the country.
4. Anti-Security Activities in Cyberspace, Technical Communications, and Social Media
4.1. Constant smart monitoring of American-Zionist psychological operations online and real-time tracking of websites and social media to pinpoint and clamp down on active regime supporters, campaigns, and calls aimed at stirring unrest and fostering anti-security gatherings.
4.2. Surveillance of covert and unusual communications between domestic users and foreigners, especially with Zionist regime agents and channels, identifying and apprehending dozens of page and channel admins linked to espionage and operational (the so-called “street warfare”) cyber networks.
4.3. Monitoring enemy activities in signal intelligence and neutralizing their efforts within the Ministry’s technical reach and capabilities.
4.4. Smart surveillance, as well as designing and deploying preemptive technical measures, to keep enemy cyber threats and attacks at bay while identifying technical contaminations and disruptions.
4.5. Identifying and cracking down on Mossad operatives’ attempts to contact targets inside the country (via various international dialing codes) to create psychological insecurity and confusion, make threats, provide “safe exit routes,” and promise foreign citizenship and residency. Thanks to the vigilance of the targeted individuals, all attempts were thwarted.
5. Discovery of Weapons and Equipment for Anti-Terrorism Purposes
Secret reports and data revealed behavioral patterns of terrorist, Takfiri, and separatist groups, especially near western and eastern borders. Such patterns included extensive stockpiling of weapons, personnel, and smuggling of arms into the country in preparation for the “zero hour” and subsequent phases of the imposed war to carry out hostile operations against Iran's national security. Key intelligence and operational actions in this area include:
5.1. Discovering and establishing full intelligence surveillance over large weapon storage centers on the country’s outer borders ready for transfer and distribution among supporters at zero hour by counter-revolutionaries; During the imposed 12-day war, six major shipments heading towards Kurdestan Province and arms and equipment routes for the military wing of terror groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan Region were successfully hit and disrupted. These operations uncovered a large cache of grenade launchers, rifle grenades, Kalashnikovs, war grenades, pistols, ammunition, and more.
5.2. Operations against several large weapon and explosive ammunition warehouses in Sistan and Baluchistan and Kerman Provinces, capturing significant numbers of machine guns, RPG-7s and rounds, hand grenades with detonators, pistols, grenade launchers, magazines, and ammo.
5.3. Identifying two major arms traffickers abroad, putting a wrench in their illegal networks, and seizing dozens of war-grade weapons such as M4, M16, Kalashnikov, pistols, grenade launchers, radios, and more.
6. Managing Social Agitation
6.1. Given the enemy’s multi-pronged efforts to whip up social unrest before, during, and after the 12-day war, the Ministry of Intelligence kept a tight watch on enemy scenarios, carrying out thousands of countermeasures nationwide via all provincial intelligence offices aimed at both positive (educational clarification) and negative (deterring agitators, conscious or otherwise) approaches.
6.2. Heightening monitoring and protective measures and providing warnings to critical service centers and production complexes on plots by enemy services, groups, and hostile elements aiming to fan the flames of disruption and dissatisfaction.
6.3. Continuous intelligence surveillance and prompt action against enemy agents and domestic fifth columnists inciting artificial shortages of essential goods during the war, either through hoarding, price gouging, or spreading rumors to stir public unrest.
In conclusion, our unsung soldiers humbly thank God that despite the vastness and depth of the Zionist-American conspiracy, the coalition of foreign mercenaries, official spies, and terrorist groups — including all varieties of Takfiri, ISIS, Mujahedin, monarchists, heretical sects, and separatists from east and west — the enemy could not carry out a single operation against Iran’s national security throughout the 12-day war, despite the ministry sacrificing six martyr heroes. This success surely comes down to divine blessings, the guidance of the Leader of Iran’s Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the profound role of the vigilant and heroic Iranian nation.