The death of their leader HezbollahHassan Nasrallah, led Iranian authorities to thoroughly investigate possible infiltrations within Iran’s own ranks, from the powerful Revolutionary Guards to senior security officials, a senior Iranian official said.
They are particularly focused on those who travel abroad or have relatives living outside Iran, another official said, according to Reuters.
Tehran was suspicious of some guards traveling to Lebanon, he says. Concerns arose when one of these individuals began asking about Nasrallah’s whereabouts, especially how long he would remain in certain locations, the official adds.
The person was arrested along with several others, said Mr. first officerafter raising alarm bells in Iranian intelligence circles. The suspect’s family has moved out of Iran, the official said, without identifying the suspect or his family.
THE second referee says the assassination sowed distrust between Tehran and Hezbollah, as well as within Hezbollah.
“The trust that held everything together is gone,” the employee says.
Supreme Leader ‘doesn’t trust anyone anymore’says a third source close to the Iranian establishment.
Nasrallah’s assassination followed two weeks of costly Israeli strikes that destroyed weapons sites, eliminated half of Hezbollah’s leadership council and decimated the military’s top command.
Iran’s fears for Khamenei’s safety and the loss of trust, both within Hezbollah and the Iranian establishment and between them, emerged in conversations with 10 sources for this story, who described a situation that could complicate the effective operation of Iran’s Axis of Resistance alliance, irregular armed groups anti-Israeli.
Turbulence also makes it difficult Hezbollah choose a new leader, fearing that continued infiltration would put the successor at risk, four Lebanese sources said.
Source: Reuters
