by Yonah Jeremy Bob
Israel's security agencies said the operation exposed a global Iranian recruitment network that used intermediaries to build terror cells targeting Israel.
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The Mossad and Shin Bet on Thursday announced that they have busted a global Iranian terror network using a new proxy-by-proxy tactic.
According to a statement by the agencies, until recently, Iranian terror masterminds would try to directly recruit foreigners to perpetrate terror against Israel or Jews worldwide.
Using the new tactic, the Iranian Intelligence Ministry is trying to better cover its tracks by using a middleman to do the recruiting, to avoid a backlash directly on Tehran.
There was a hope that some of those foreigners recruited might be able to get into Israel more easily to carry out terror attacks and assassinations.
Four Iranian Intelligence Ministry officials, which the statement listed as involved in efforts in recent years, included: Adala Bahazada Uhsari, Vahid Maatzumi, Mahmoud-Hussein Duki, and Hamid Qasami.
Yonah Jeremy Bob
Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-903466
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