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The sanctioned individuals and companies are said to be generating hundreds of millions of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and Hezbollah.
“This is the right, moral and correct decision. For this, I thank him,” said Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
“The assassination of this great martyr is a sign of the despicability and humiliation of the false claimants of human rights,” said Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri.
The killing, which was carried out in broad daylight, crossed a “red line” and those responsible “will pay a heavy price,” says Iran.
Maj. M. was only 3 when he fled Khomeini’s Iran with his father and siblings. Years later, he found a home in Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate; now, he says his mission is to help Israel fight its main foe and free the Iranian people of the tyrannical regime in Tehran.
Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, a senior analyst at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, tells JNS about Iranian intelligence-gathering and attack vessels active in the region.
Israeli filmmaker Duki Dror explores the controversial subject in a new documentary.
The smuggling has increased due to the U.S. imposed sanctions on Iranian oil exports.
Iranian intelligence elements also targeted former members of the Israeli defense establishment, turning to them as they pretended to be academics, journalists, businesspeople and philanthropists.
Iran was a central discussion topic, with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sharing assessments of Iran’s nuclear program progress, as well as its regional destabilizing activities.
“Today, the price for tackling the Iranian challenge on the global and regional levels are higher than they were a year ago and lower than they will be within a year,” said Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz at a conference on “The New Global Order.”
“The price of stopping Iran now is lower than it will be in a year,” says Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz.
