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Hossein Taeb

Motorbikes drive past a billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, handing the country’s flag to his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, as the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stands at left, in a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 29, 2026, 11:20 am
6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent
With hard-liners consolidating power, Tehran is preparing for a prolonged confrontation as economic pressure mounts and divisions linger
By Lee Keath and David Rising
An Iranian flag flutters at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on November 10, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 28, 2022, 12:16 pm
For 2nd time in a week, Iran announces arrest of alleged Israeli spy network
Outlet claims spy ring was in contact with head of Mossad; comes days after Tehran claimed another group of spies was busted hours before detonating explosives at ‘sensitive site’
By ToI Staff
File: Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
July 25, 2022, 6:56 am
Iranian media: Israeli spy cell caught laying bombs at ‘sensitive site’ in Isfahan
Regime-affiliated outlet claims Mossad-directed network was busted hours before detonating the explosives; accusation comes as IRGC rocket scientist is reportedly ‘martyred’
By ToI Staff
Iranians walk down a street in the capital Tehran on December 28, 2021. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 23, 2022, 8:00 pm
Iran claims to bust network of Israeli spies planning ‘sabotage, terrorist ops’
Tehran says agents who crossed into country from Kurdistan region were captured with state-of-the-art equipment
By ToI Staff and AFP
A building in Istanbul where members of an alleged Iranian terror cell targeting Israelis were arrested in mid-June (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 1, 2022, 12:39 am
Iranian plot in Turkey reportedly targeted Israel’s ex-consul to Istanbul
Yossi Levi-Sfari and his partner named in Turkish media as the targets of a foiled plan by Tehran to kidnap and murder them
By ToI Staff
IRGC Brig.-Gen. Ali Nasiri (File)
June 29, 2022, 6:41 pm
Iran reportedly arrests an IRGC general on charges of spying for Israel
Citing Iranian and Israeli defense officials, New York Times says Brig.-Gen. Ali Nasiri, who served in the IRGC’s Protection of Information Unit, was detained earlier this month
By ToI Staff
Hossein Taeb, former head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), looks on during a meeting in Tehran on June 24, 2018. (Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News/AFP)
June 29, 2022, 3:55 pm
Israel has drastically damaged Iran’s intelligence operations, Iranian officials say
NYT: Israeli distrust-sowing moves see Revolutionary Guard intel chief ousted after foiled Turkey plot, senior officer nabbed; Israel ‘infiltrated deep’ into Iran security circles
By ToI Staff
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
June 25, 2022, 7:28 pm
Iranian Guards replace commander of unit that protects supreme leader Khamenei
Hasan Mashroueifar takes over from Ebrahim Jabbari, days after IRGC intelligence chief also removed from his post
By ToI Staff
Turkish authorities arrest an alleged Iranian cell that sought to target Israelis in Istanbul on June 23, 2022. (Screen capture/CNN Turkey)
June 24, 2022, 8:41 pm
Official says Mossad, local intel foiled 3 Iran plots to attack Israelis in Istanbul
Israeli security source briefing reporters notes situation stabilizing in Turkey but predicts travel warning will remain in place for now as Iranian agents remain at large
By ToI Staff
Hossein Taeb, former head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), looks on during a meeting in Tehran on June 24, 2018. (Hamed Malekpour/Tasnim News/AFP)
June 23, 2022, 6:31 pm
IRGC replaces intelligence chief following killings, Israeli accusations
Hossein Taeb removed from post week after reports in Israel identify him as Iranian official behind recent attack plans in Turkey
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkish authorities arrest an alleged Iranian cell that sought to target Israelis in Istanbul on June 23, 2022. (Screen capture/CNN Turkey)
June 23, 2022, 4:31 pm
Turkey said to nab Iranian cell planning attacks on Israelis
Agents, including some Iranian nationals, reportedly arrested last week in raid in Beyoglu district of Istanbul; ex-diplomat and his wife said targeted in plot
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: US Army soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division board a C-17 aircraft at Baghdad International Airport as they begin their journey to the United States, on July 13, 2010. (Maya Alleruzzo/ AP/ File)
July 14, 2021, 12:51 am
Iranian commander said to encourage increased attacks on US forces in Iraq
Revolutionary Guards intelligence chief Hossein Taeb reportedly pushed Shi’ite militias to step up activity against American targets, a message they apparently heeded
By ToI Staff
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