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Abu Zaid: I believe that the Iranian operation was multi-layered, combining cyber and electronic attacks with coordinated on-the-ground infiltrations by agents

Abu Zaid: Usually, archives of such sensitivity are typically protected by a full-scale security system, but it appears that Iranian intelligence managed to make use of a gap in it

Strategic military expert Nidal Abu Zaid: Iran has stripped "Israel" of the superiority and deterrence long boasted by its security minister, chief of staff, and other top officials

Fallahpour: Iran may use these documents in its battle with the United States and Western countries over its nuclear program

Fallahpour: Iran may have obtained additional documents related to "Israel's" regional projects, not just its nuclear program

Fallahpour: The coming weeks will be full of surprises, as Iran has forced Israeli intelligence agencies into a state of psychological exhaustion

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Tehran, Siavash Fallahpour: Iran has redefined the concept of deterrence, shifting it away from traditional military balance toward a new strategic framework

Sources to Al Mayadeen: Number of documents so great that merely studying them, along with accompanying images and footage will require a great deal of time.

Sources to Al Mayadeen: Large data trove was confirmed to have arrived to "safe sites".

Sources to Al Mayadeen: Operation had taken place in past, but large size of documents and need to transfer entire batch inside Iran necessitated secrecy.

Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine

author: Al Mayadeen
source: Al Mayadeen
21 Feb 2023 18:25

How did Russia and Ukraine, once tied together by the Soviet Union, get to this point? Here are the main events that led to the Ukraine war.

Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine
Timeline: The events leading up to the war in Ukraine