Iranian intelligence

October 14, 2019, 4:08 pm

Iran says it nabs exiled opponent ‘directed by French intel,’ backed by Israel

Unclear how and when Paris-based Ruhollah Zam, who ran ‘counter-revolutionary’ Telegram channel, was caught; Tehran claims he was tied to US, Israeli agencies

By Agencies and TOI staff

July 24, 2019, 3:38 pm

Shin Bet says it thwarted Iranian operation to recruit Israeli assets

Operative said to use fake Facebook profiles to contact potential spies in Israel, West Bank and Gaza, with goal of gathering intel on strategic sites, carrying out terror attacks

By TOI staff

Thaer Shafut, a Jordanian national accused by Israel of being an Iranian spy on June 20, 2019. (Shin Bet)

June 20, 2019, 4:14 pm

Israel says it nabbed Iranian spy in West Bank trying to build espionage network

Shin Bet accuses Jordanian national of working on behalf of Tehran to establish spy ring, funnel money to Palestinian terrorists

By Judah Ari Gross

Ahmad Sheikhi, a 63-year-old former revolutionary, at a former prison run by the pre-revolution intelligence service, SAVAK, where he was once tortured, in Tehran, Iran, January 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

February 6, 2019, 10:49 am

Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution

Tehran museum bears testament to torture program by shah’s intelligence agency; rights groups say country tortures and arbitrarily detains prisoners today

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell

German soldiers stand guard for a military welcome ceremony of then-Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere for his counterpart from Afghanistan, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, at the defense ministry in Berlin, Germany on Oct. 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

January 15, 2019, 3:39 pm

Germany arrests military adviser suspected of spying for Iran

Media report says Afghan-German man worked for Tehran intelligence services for years, had access to highly sensitive information, including Afghanistan troop deployment

By AFP

Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

January 9, 2019, 1:20 am

EU hits Iranian intelligence service with sanctions after murder plots

Netherlands says Tehran killed two dissidents and was plotting more murders on French and Danish soil; Zarif accuses Europe of harboring ‘terrorists’

By Jan Hennop

Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen speaks with the media at the conclusion of an EU-ASEM summit in Brussels, October 19, 2018. (Alastair Grant/AP)

January 8, 2019, 2:51 pm

European Union puts Iranian intel agency on blacklist over foiled plots

Danish foreign minister says measures will send a strong signal to Tehran that Europe won’t accept attacks on Iranian dissidents on its territory

By AP

Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen gives a press conference in Copenhagen, on October 30, 2018. (Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP)

October 31, 2018, 1:19 pm

Israel says Mossad tipped off Danes to alleged Iranian assassination plot

Copenhagen recalled its ambassador to Tehran after Israel alerted it to a plan to kill Iranian opposition figures, officials say

By Judah Ari Gross and AFP

October 30, 2018, 10:31 pm

Denmark recalls envoy to Iran over foiled attack plot

Tehran denies planning to kill Iranian opposition figures in Scandinavian country, says allegations part of an European conspiracy against it

By AFP

Illustrative: Danish policemen stand guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, on March 10, 2016. (AFP/SCANPIX DENMARK/Emil Hougaard)

October 30, 2018, 5:14 pm

Denmark says it foiled Iranian assassination plot

Danish spy chief says suspect arrested for involvement in plan to kill member of opposition group accused by Iran of carrying out military parade attack

By JAN M. OLSEN

Computers litter the pavement outside the Iranian Embassy in the French capital Paris on September 14, 2018. (AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN)

October 2, 2018, 5:55 pm

Foiled Paris attack plot was ordered by Tehran, French official says

Iran denies accusations, ‘forcefully’ calls for release of diplomat who headed cell allegedly planning to bomb exiled dissident group

By AFP and TOI staff

Former energy minister Gonen Segev, file (YouTube screenshot)

June 19, 2018, 3:01 am

Iranians back ex-minister accused of spying, troll Israel on Twitter

After news breaks of Gonen Segev’s arrest on allegations of espionage for Tehran, social media is filled with messages of support from denizens of the Islamic Republic

By TOI staff

Gonen Segev (L) speaks with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during a conference in Jerusalem. (Government Press Office)

June 18, 2018, 10:42 pm

Ex-minister likely a spy who knew too little, but Iran still got an intel coup

Any info Gonen Segev may have given Iran would have been outdated, but recruitment of a former cabinet member is major win for Israel’s arch-foe, ex-national security adviser says

By Judah Ari Gross

Former energy minister Gonen Segev, seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for the appeal on his prison sentence on August 18, 2006. (Flash90)

June 18, 2018, 9:39 pm

Ex-minister charged with spying for Iran said to claim he meant to help Israel

While living in self-styled exile in Nigeria, Gonen Segev was hoping to restore tarnished reputation, according to report

By Tamar Pileggi

Muhammad Maharma, left, a Palestinian man accused of spying on behalf of Iran and planning to carry out terror attacks against Israel. And Backer Maharma, a Palestinian man living in South Africa, accused of connecting Muhammad to Iran. (Shin Bet)

January 3, 2018, 12:10 pm

Israel exposes alleged Iranian intelligence operation in West Bank

Three Palestinians indicted, accused of planning to commit terror attacks, collect information for Tehran

By Judah Ari Gross