Iran Claims Covert Op Obtained Israeli Nuclear Secrets

Iran Claims Covert Op Obtained Israeli Nuclear Secrets
Above: Partial view of the Dimona nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert taken on Sept. 8, 2002. Image copyright: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Iran narrative

Iran’s intelligence breakthrough exposes Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program and proves the regime’s vulnerability. The covert operation extracted millions of classified documents revealing 189 nuclear specialists as well as secret military sites, demonstrating Iran’s superior intelligence capabilities against a crumbling adversary.

Pro-Israel narrative

The so-called documentary aired on Wednesday is nothing more than an Iranian propaganda exercise. After losing the 12-day war against Israel and suffering its own considerable nuclear setbacks, Iran has desperately sought a psychological victory against Israel, knowing it cannot best the Jewish state in open conflict.

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