David Barnea, the head of the foreign intelligence agency Mossad, spoke Thursday at the ceremony for Mossad honorees at the Israeli President's House in Jerusalem and addressed the security challenges facing Israel, including Iran.
Barnea opened his speech by saying: "We are warning about Iran's future intentions, which they are trying to keep secret, to deepen and expand the supply of advanced nuclear weapons to Russia, to expand the uranium enrichment project, and to intensify their damage to friendly Muslim countries in the region in various ways."
David Barnea, Director of the Israeli Mossad: "We are warning today about Iran's future intentions to deepen and expand the supply of advanced weapons to Russia. They have an intention to expand the Iranian nuclear project"
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“In recent months, we have identified dangerous, threatening, some defiant processes on the part of Iran. Iran is intensifying and increasing its attempts to carry out terrorist attacks, which we are stopping every day, all over the world.
Barnea then continued to talk about Mossad’s dominant presence in the world. "The only ones who were not surprised by the previous moves and those planned today are we, this is the Israeli intelligence community, not only because of our intelligence but also because of our in-depth knowledge of Iran's ongoing fraud attempts."
Conforming Barnea's allegations about the supply of weapons to Russia, Iran threatened Vladimir Zelensky yesterday after the Ukrainian President spoke in front of a joint session of the United States Congress and accused the Islamic regime of arming Russia. Iran is currently plagued by their own internal issues and in what appears to be the most dangerous time for the regime, they have been brutally suppressing protests and attacking minority groups in and around Iranian territory. Last week they bombed a Kurdish region of Iraq.
This was a reaction to Zelensky’s statements in the US Congress about Iran, where he asked for increased sanctions against a country that is involved in a war against Ukraine on the side of Russia and mentioned the supply of drones.
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Barnea continued his remarks, saying "the Iranians will continue to pretend to be a normal country, while at the same time implementing a policy of destruction, terrorism, and brutal and extremist harm to their citizens, indiscriminately just for the survival of the regime. Is this the country with which the free world wants to sign some kind of agreement?"
"At the same time as our confrontation with Iran, the Mossad works tirelessly to establish alliances with other Muslim countries with which Israel has no diplomatic ties in order to create force multipliers that will allow us to act effectively and powerfully in the face of various common challenges. I see great importance in the role of the Mossad to pave the way for normalization and peace with other countries in the region and beyond."
It was reported by The Judean this week that Israel has been hosting delegations from the Muslim-majority countries surrounding Iran, in order to create a large network of Ayatollah resistance in the region.
Mossad director David Barnea said on Thursday Israel has intelligence that shows Iran is secretly planning to soon "widen and broaden" its shipments of sophisticated weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine. My report on @axios https://t.co/5ri4hJs9dB
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Barnea finished his speech by mentioning what his organization must do to defeat the Iranian threat. "In order to meet these tremendous challenges, we must excel. Excel through diversity and openness to opinions and ideas, through innovation and tactical thinking. Excellence must be cross-organizational. The strength of the institution depends on the strength of all its components.”
