"Al-Jarida" Publishes Preliminary Findings of Parliamentary Investigation into Security Breaches in Iran
Al-Jarida, through informed Iranian sources, has obtained preliminary findings from a broad security investigation ordered by Mohsen Rezaei, the Secretary-General of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, following his appointment to the post last month. The probe aims to uncover the circumstances surrounding breaches that affected Iranian security agencies, with initial data indicating that these breaches were not limited to operational levels but extended to higher circles, notably the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Sources stated that the investigation concluded the breaches took a multifaceted nature within Iranian security institutions and spread to armed groups allied with Tehran. Initial results describe this expansion as resembling the spread of “cancerous cells” within the security apparatus and its regional networks.
The sources added that the findings indicate Iran’s intervention in Syria constituted a pivotal stage in the widening of these breaches. It enabled IRGC intelligence operatives to establish direct communication channels with Syrian security agencies, the security apparatuses of states allied with Iran, and dozens of armed factions. This openness, built on a wide network of relationships and field coordination, created vulnerabilities exploited by hostile intelligence agencies.
The sources noted that the investigation places the “allied state factor” at the core of these vulnerabilities. Iranian agencies had interacted with their counterparts in that state without the usual restrictions and reservations governing the exchange of sensitive information. However, the investigation revealed that some intelligence operatives from that state, who established communication channels with the Iranians, were also working for Israel’s Mossad, thereby enabling the transfer of information from within security cooperation circles to the Israeli side.
According to initial data, the breach did not stop at intelligence communication channels. Mossad managed to infiltrate hundreds of military, nuclear, diplomatic, and media experts into Iran, using foreign identities, relationship networks, and local companies licensed by government institutions.
The investigation clarified that Iranian companies operating in the media services sector, including those linked to the Ministry of Guidance, collaborated with these individuals, facilitating their movements and activities in exchange for financial gains. More alarmingly, institutions and companies operating in the vicinity of security agencies competed to attract foreign clients and provide them with services, exploiting the trust they enjoyed among Iranian officials, as they were licensed entities operating under official supervision.
According to sources, government licenses, which were supposed to serve as guarantees for oversight and verification, turned into cover that enabled breach networks to approach officials and institutions and gather sensitive information, as reported by the sources citing the investigation.
The sources added that these networks succeeded in building extensive relationships within Iran and collecting information described as “valuable,” which contributed to the assassination campaign targeting Iranian figures during the early days of the war that began in February 2026.
The sources did not disclose further details regarding the nature of the information or the names involved in the investigation, but they spoke of the breach’s scope expanding beyond individual espionage cases to a system of interwoven relationships and facilitations.
