In remarks published on Monday, Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi revealed details about the involvement of intelligence services from nearly 20 countries in the violent riots that swept Iran last fall.
“Among the countries that have been active in these areas are the United States, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, Canada, Belgium, Austria, Albania, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Kosovo, Norway, Bahrain, New Zealand, as well as the occupying Zionist regime,” he said, according to excerpts of his interview with Khameni.Ir.
The following are the highlights of the interview:
-- Movements by French diplomats in Tehran to gather field information on the riots and the state of Iran’s security and law enforcement apparatus and exchanging the information with an intelligence officer of a European country's embassy.
-- Attempts by the Zionist regime of Israel to create a fund to support rioters and protesters through the initiative and financing of the United States and other countries.
-- A meeting of the ambassadors of 28 European countries at the compound of a European embassy to discuss the possibility of closing European embassies, with a focus on Germany.
-- The use of non-European nationals (Afghans, Pakistanis, Iraqis) and the presence of European nationals to gather information on the riots, which led to the arrest of 40 individuals from one neighboring country, a French-Irish national in Khorasan Razavi province, and a German national in Ardabil province.
-- Intensification of activities and support by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in creating necessary cyberspace platforms for disseminating news of the riots, including efforts to send technical equipment, escape tools, and lifting sanctions on mobile communication devices.
-- A request by the CIA to establish a joint team with the Israeli regime’s Mossad and Britain’s MI6 to reactivate the project of assassinating Iranian scientists, especially in the nuclear, space, and military fields towards the end of the riots.
-- Joint periodic meetings of the intelligence services of the UAE and the Zionist regime in an Arab country to support the riots in Iran.
The unrest followed the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in hospital on September 16 last year, days after she collapsed at a police station in Tehran. Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization issued a report, saying Amini's death was caused by prior illness rather than alleged blows to her head.
The protests were peaceful at first, but soon turned violent. Steered by foreign intelligence services and their hostile media outlets, rioters began fatally attacking security forces and indulging in vandalism acts against public property in several cities.
