In his It’s Noon In Israel newsletter this morning, Amit Segal draws attention to a report that Israel is calling mid- and low-level Iranian police commanders, threatening them and their families if they don’t stand aside in the event of an uprising. He quotes this conversation reported by the Wall Street Journal:
“Can you hear me?” a Mossad agent can be heard, speaking in Farsi. “We know everything about you. You are on our blacklist, and we have all the information about you.”
“OK,” the [police] commander said in the recording.
“I called to warn you in advance that you should stand with your people’s side,” the Mossad agent said. “And if you will not do that, your destiny will be as your leader. Do you hear me?”
“Brother, I swear on the Quran, I’m not your enemy,” the commander said. “I’m a dead man already. Just please come help us.”
The Journal recounts this conversation in “Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One.” Set it in the context of our conversation with the Israeli government official we spoke with on Monday.
