Here we go again! The White House has issued a $10 million reward for the betrayal of Iran's Mojtahed by Iranian informants!
On March 13, the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Bureau issued a $10 million "reward notice," demanding Iranians to betray Mojtaba Hashemi and Larijani.
This $10 million is part of the "Justice Rewards Program," which is nominally aimed at obtaining intelligence about the whereabouts, security arrangements, and internal decisions of these key individuals. Looking back over the past decade, when the U.S. has carried out "targeted killings" in the Middle East, has any of them ever been without internal intelligence? From General Soleimani's death in Baghdad airport in 2020, to this bombing of Hashemi.
Even the U.S. itself, after reviewing the events, pointed to a fact: without extremely accurate internal informants providing itineraries, vehicle formations, and security vulnerabilities, the U.S. drones could not have achieved a "second-level" strike in such heavily guarded circumstances.
For Iran, how to identify the real "spy" without undermining internal unity will be a huge test. If handled poorly, this kind of internal erosion may be more deadly than external military threats. After all, fortresses are often breached from within.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1859610138800263/
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