WANA (May 27) – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued a comprehensive statement emphasizing the continuation of its covert intelligence operations and claiming to have inflicted “severe and fatal blows” on Israeli security personnel, documents, and installations.

 

The ministry noted that these actions have been kept confidential due to security protocols but pledged to release a portion of the documenting evidence at an appropriate time.

 

Framing a “Permanent Hybrid War”

The statement framed the current geopolitical landscape as part of a 47-year “continuous and diverse hidden warfare” led by the United States and Israel, alongside European and regional partners.

 

It characterized past military conflicts, failed coups, and economic sanctions as components of an ongoing hybrid war aimed at the territorial disintegration and overthrow of the Iranian system.

 

The ministry highlighted Iran’s institutional resilience following recent high-profile events, explicitly referencing:

  • The evasion of two major military conflicts and a significant coup attempt within an eight-month window.
  • The assassination of senior military, intelligence, and security officials, alongside their successors.
  • The targeted strikes on infrastructure and military installations.
  • The assassination of the country’s leadership and the Minister of Intelligence, Hojjatoleslam Seyed Esmail Khatib.

 

Shift Toward Shift in Strategy and “Soft Warfare”

According to the statement, intelligence gathered from various channels indicates that following the cessation of direct military actions, opposing forces are shifting their primary focus toward cognitive, psychological, and soft warfare tactics. The ministry outlined several prioritized threat vectors:

 

Economic and Social Agitation: Utilizing external Persian-language media networks to exploit domestic shortages and inflation to incite public unrest.

 

Ethnic and Sectarian Friction: Attempting to disrupt domestic unity through targeted provocations.

 

Cross-Border Terrorism: Deploying armed groups for sabotage operations, particularly along the northwestern and southeastern borders.

 

Contraband Smuggling: Tracking the illicit trafficking of conventional weaponry, ammunition, and unauthorized communications equipment, specifically highlighting Starlink terminals.

 

Media Operations: Identifying foreign outlets—including the BBC Persian, Voice of America, Iran International, and social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter)—as instruments for intelligence gathering, citizen-journalist recruitment, and coordination of domestic disruptions.

 

Cyber Warfare: Countering ongoing digital and network-based attacks against national infrastructure.

 

Institutional Continuity and Legal Enforcement

The Ministry of Intelligence reaffirmed its operational continuity under the directives of Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei, confirming that the vacancies left by assassinated personnel have been filled to maintain national security.

 

Concluding the declaration, the ministry issued a legal warning stating that any activities involving espionage, sabotage, illegal communications trafficking, cyber strikes, or coordination with designated foreign hostile media will be aggressively prosecuted under domestic law.

 

The statement added that anti-revolutionary elements and associated groups operating outside the country would not remain immune from security accountability.