The Biden administration leaked the names of 10 Mossad agents operating in Iran to Tehran as part of a “‘good faith’ initiative in response to Israel’s strikes, which were carried out without American coordination,” the Jerusalem Post reported, citing anonymous sourcing from a Kuwaiti paper and immediately drawing skeptical responses from experts.
“There’s a report from Al-Jarida making the rounds with a story about a secret trip by U.S. officials to Iran that I do not believe,” wrote Jason Brodsky, policy director at United Against Nuclear Iran. “I think the Iranian sourcing for the report is disinformation aimed to increase polarization in the U.S. as well as fissures between Israel and the U.S.”
“I pray this is not true,” wrote Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) of the report. “If Joe Biden and Kamala Harris actually gave the ayatollah the names of undercover Mossad agents in Iran … it would be a level of betrayal of Israel (and America) difficult to fathom.”
“This Jerusalem Post story—which notably does not have a reporter’s byline—relies on ‘an unnamed source in Iran’s Supreme National Security Council’ as told to the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida,” wrote the journalist Yashar Ali. “It is so absurd and irresponsible to publish this nonsense, especially given the sourcing and where it’s been picked up from. Of course, it’s spreading like wildfire.”
