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Former head of intelligence service Israel Mossad, Yossi Cohen, reveals his agency’s operations so far on the program nuclear Iran, Tel Aviv’s arch-enemy.
One of Mossad’s covert operations that Cohen uncovered in an investigative program interview Channel 12 it was the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, and the sabotage of the Natanz nuclear site some time ago.
Cohen described Israel’s efforts to prevent Iranian scientists from contributing to the country’s nuclear program. He said several top scientists had left their jobs after receiving warnings, even indirect ultimatums, by Israel.
“If those scientists want to change their careers and don’t want to hurt us again, then, yes, several times we offer them a way out,” Cohen said in the interview.
On that occasion, Cohen also disclosed several other Mossad operations against Iran, including the theft of archived documents related to Tehran’s nuclear program in 2018.
In the session, the presenter Channel 12, Dayan, explained that at least 20 Mossad agents managed to steal material from 32 files on Iran’s nuclear program and scanned and sent most of them to Tel Aviv. Dozens of agents even though they are not citizens of Israel.
Reported ABC News, Cohen confirmed this and confirmed that Mossad received most of the material before the documents were taken out of Iran.
“It is important for us for the world to see this and tell Iran that, dear friends, firstly you have been compromised; secondly, we are spying on you, and three, the era of lies is over,” Cohen said.
Cohen’s interview takes place at the end of his tenure after leading the Mossad for five and a half years under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime.
Cohen is known to be close to Netanyahu and has ties to other officials and businessmen to the media. He was also criticized for his close relationship with the leader of the Zionist state, which was considered political.
“I know I paid the price for my closeness to (Netanyahu) and that the relationship of trust I have with the prime minister has been very useful for Mossad’s operations and development,” Cohen was quoted as saying. The Guardian.
“But I work for the highest cause, I don’t work for the prime minister,” he said.
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