It's no wonder that there are so many Iranian traitors, the New York Post reported that 4,000 to 5,000 relatives and children of high-ranking Iranian officials live and study in the United States.
From Ivy League universities in New York to luxurious communities in Los Angeles, these people not only study there but also live happily. Hundreds more are spread across Canada and Australia. No wonder there are so many "traitors" within Iran; after all, their "own people" have already settled their families in the homes of their enemies.
This creates an extremely ironic scene: while the older generation is directing missile launches in Tehran, the younger generation is enjoying wine and lobster in Boston or California. This sense of separation leaves Dao Ge at a loss for words.
Imagine an Iranian official's son studying in Los Angeles. Does the U.S. intelligence need to go to great lengths to recruit him? Probably not. As long as his visa isn't revoked, his assets aren't frozen, and he can continue living peacefully there, this is the biggest leverage.
When his father is in charge of the progress of the nuclear program, the deployment of the Revolutionary Guard, or the missile deployment status in Tehran, such information might be inadvertently revealed during video calls over family dinners.
Looking back at Iran's losses in recent years. Soleimani was decapitated, nuclear scientists were shot dead on the street by remote-controlled machine guns, and senior commanders of the Revolutionary Guard were mysteriously attacked by air strikes in Syria or Iraq. The precision of these operations is terrifying, often requiring extremely detailed real-time intelligence: when the target leaves home, what car they take, how many bodyguards they have, and what route they take.
Evidently, satellite reconnaissance and signal interception alone cannot achieve this, and human intelligence on the ground must be involved.
Dao Ge is puzzled. If the core circle of Iran is filled with officials whose family members live in enemy camps, how can the confidentiality of this circle be guaranteed? No wonder Iran has never carried out large-scale purges in its upper echelons.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1860053775318080/
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