by Jerusalem Post Staff
The leaked documents showed that the Mossad had infiltrated the IRGC headquarters as well as the Sanjarian nuclear site, which reportedly developed nuclear weapons components.
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Mossad agents had been monitoring nuclear sites in Iran for nearly 15 years before the start of the Israel-Iran War, The Times reported on Friday.
According to leaked intelligence documents seen by The Times, the Mossad realized that Iran’s capability, knowledge, and components of the nuclear program expanded beyond the main sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
An intelligence source told The Times that the Mossad had “boots on the ground” at several different locations across Iran since 2010.
Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan were destroyed by US and Israeli strikes at the start of the month, though there has been notable debate about the damage to the sites.
The intelligence documents showed that Iran aimed to produce at least 1,000 long-range missiles a year, and wanted to amass an arsenal of 8,000 missiles.
An intelligence cited in the documents said that Mossad agents visited every workshop and factory that were later attacked during the war to target “the entire industry that supported the manufacturing of large amounts of missiles.”
Israel launched the 12-day war based on intelligence that Iran was building centrifuges at sites in Tehran and Isfahan.
Spies built maps of nuclear enrichment sites, infiltrated IRGC
An intelligence source cited in the documents said that Mossad agents visited every workshop and factory that were later attacked during the war to target “the entire industry that supported the manufacturing of large amounts of missiles.”Israel launched the 12-day war based on intelligence that Iran was building centrifuges at sites in Tehran and Isfahan.
The Times reported that the US attack on Iran targeted seven parts of Iran’s main uranium enrichment site, Natanz. Israeli intelligence used spies on the ground to create a map of Natanz and identify aboveground and underground structures that included piping, feeding, and solidification of uranium. The Israel Air Force also targeted electric infrastructure, a research building, the site’s transformer station, and a backup generator.
The IDF also targeted several other sites related to nuclear weapons developments, such as Isfahan and the Shariati military site.
Many of these were reportedly set up by the SPND, an organization led by now-dead Iranian nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. He was reportedly assassinated by Israel in 2020 by a satellite-controlled machine gun.
Additionally, the leaked documents showed that the Mossad had infiltrated the IRGC headquarters as well as the Sanjarian nuclear site, which reportedly developed nuclear weapons components.
At the end of 2024, Iran had moved toward creating an advanced explosive system, leading Israeli intelligence to believe that the Islamic Republic could have had nuclear capability “within weeks.”
The level of destruction at the sites points to years of intelligence gathering, which could still be ongoing.
Jerusalem Post Staff
Source: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-859292
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