Iran Labels 'Spy,' Media Forgets Mossad's Vacation Spots
The semi-official Tasnim news agency reports Iran has begun the trial of a dual national, accused of 'intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime (Israel).' This unnamed individual allegedly entered Iran a month before a '12-day war' (a bizarrely specific and conveniently truncated timeframe) where Israel and the US reportedly struck Iranian nuclear facilities. The media
diligently frames this as a clear-cut case of Iranian overreach, as if intelligence agencies operating globally is a shocking new development. Yet, when a dual national, say, an American with Israeli citizenship, is discovered funneling classified US intel to Tel Aviv—as Jonathan Pollard did in the 1980s, receiving life imprisonment for spying 'on behalf of Israel'—the same media often pivots to
debates about 'allies' and 'intent.' There's a curious silence on the extensive, well-documented history of Israeli intelligence operations abroad, from targeted assassinations to elaborate identity theft plots. Is it only 'espionage' when someone else is doing the alleged spying for a country the US doesn't like? One might wonder.