The Mossad escalated its digital offensive against Iran on Tuesday, leveraging a report from Tasnim News Agency that the regime had decided to keep the identity of its new Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters commander under wraps. The Israeli intelligence agency took to its Persian-language X account to post: “We know exactly who he is and know him well. Unfortunately, such basic information is hidden from the Iranian people. Please send us your guesses about his name.”
This post was Mossad’s second prominent message of the day and followed closely on the heels of Tasnim’s announcement that the Iranian government would not release the commander’s name “for his protection,” referencing the recent assassinations of his two predecessors in airstrikes attributed to Israel.
Earlier in the day, the same Mossad social media account alleged that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had “surrendered” and given the green light for direct talks with both Israel and the United States. The post framed the development as “the beginning of the end of the Islamic Republic” and added, “the countdown has begun.”
These statements are part of an ongoing Farsi-language psychological campaign that Mossad launched last month. The initiative has included mocking posts about top Iranian officials lurking on the account, advice on how to use VPNs, and cautionary messages telling Iranian citizens not to engage publicly with the content to avoid scrutiny from their government.
To date, Iranian state media has not officially confirmed the appointment of a replacement for Maj.-Gen. Ali Shadmani, who was killed in a recent strike. Meanwhile, Khamenei, now 86, made his last televised appearance on June 26, during which he insisted that Iran would “never surrender”—a declaration that directly contradicts Mossad’s narrative.
{Matzav.com Israel}