Is a Mossad Agent Lurking in Tehran’s War Machine? 

That and related questions are causing a panic at the Iranian capital.

Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Tehran, August 27, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP

Was a central figure in Tehran’s war machine, or someone in his inner circle, a Mossad agent? That question raises panic at the Iranian capital, and is the stuff of region-wide rumors surrounding a Revolutionary Guards commander, Esmail Qaani, who has been out of the public eye since September 27. 

On that day, the Israeli air force killed the Hezbollah chief, Hassan Nasrallah, at southern Beirut, in a campaign that decapitated the Iran-backed organization’s upper and mid-level leadership. Mr. Qaani, who commands the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force, arrived at Beirut shortly after the attack.

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