Iran’s intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, was assassinated in a targeted Israeli strike in Tehran, a move confirmed by Israel’s Defense Minister. Khatib, appointed in 2021, was a Shia cleric with ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and played a crucial role in suppressing dissent and expanding Iran’s intelligence operations abroad. The Ministry of Intelligence, which he led, serves as a secret police and a foreign spy agency, deeply embedded in the state’s repression strategies.
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