SPY REGISTER / REPORTING & ANALYSIS

Iran

Intelligence reporting from Iran.

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Mossad / Spy games

Netanyahu Gives Mossad Its Mission: Bring Down Iran’s Regime

At an officers’ graduation ceremony, Israel’s prime minister said he had directed Mossad and the military to topple Tehran’s rulers.

Event 21 Oct 2026 · 22 Oct, 20:28 GMT · 2 min read

United Kingdom / Iran / Power & scandal

Police rearrest two men in Fairford Iran spy inquiry

Police invoke the National Security Act in the inquiry into activity near the airbase. Earlier searches recovered petrol and found no improvised explosive device. Iran denies involvement.

Reported 20 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Shin Bet / Power & scandal · History

Iran Turned Israel’s Former Energy Minister Into a Spy

Gonen Segev had sat in Israel’s cabinet. Years later, Shin Bet said he was introducing Iranian handlers to Israelis as ordinary businessmen. He admitted espionage and received an 11-year sentence.

History · 26 Feb 2019 · 2 min read

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CIA · MI6 / Spy games · History

The CIA’s Instructions for Overthrowing Iran’s Prime Minister

A surviving internal account sets out the target, the replacement and the political machinery behind Mosaddeq’s fall.

History · 19 Aug 1953 · 2 min read