The Israeli Mossad has called on Iranian protesters to intensify their demonstrations and assured them of its presence alongside them “on the ground,” as protest events have spread since yesterday to at least ten universities. “Come out together to the streets. The time has come. We are with you,” declare Israel’s secret services through their X account, addressing Iranian protesters in Farsi.
“Not only from afar or with words. We are also with you on the ground,” states the message that was broadcast in Hebrew by the Israeli military radio station. The message comes just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Donald Trump. Following the talks, the American president issued a warning to Iran of new strikes if Tehran restores its nuclear and ballistic programs. Iran, which does not recognize Israel, has chronically accused the Jewish state of sabotage operations against Iranian nuclear facilities and assassinations of Iranian military personnel, politicians, and scientists. Mossad has proven for decades its ability to penetrate the inner sanctums of the Islamic Republic.
Iran and Israel enemies since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979
Iran and Israel, enemies since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, conducted a 12-day war in June that began with a large-scale Israeli attack against Iranian military and nuclear facilities and residential areas. The attack used, according to Israeli and American media, drones that had entered Iran beforehand, missiles, and fighter aircraft. In July 2024, Iran was humiliated by Israel’s assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas. The protest movement over the high cost of living gained ground yesterday in Iran, where President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that he hears the “legitimate demands” of the protesters.
Today, the attorney general warned that Iran’s judiciary will show “severity” if the demonstrations are instrumentalized for destabilization purposes. “From a judicial perspective, peaceful demonstrations to defend livelihoods (…) are understandable,” stated Mohammad Movahedi-Azad, according to state television. “Any attempt to transform economic demonstrations into a tool of insecurity, destruction of public goods, or implementation of scenarios manufactured abroad will be met with a legal, proportional, and severe response,” he warned.
