Some Tales from the Darkside
CIA’s Iranian operations have often been problematical
By Philip Giraldi as posted at The Ron Paul Institute
The recent demonstrations in Iran that may have killed more than 5,000 civilians and security officers changed from largely peaceful to violent when a number of “agitators” got involved and sought to turn the gatherings focused on the poor economy into a drive to bring about regime change. It has been suggested that the sometimes-armed outsiders who stirred the pot were organized and trained by foreign intelligence services, most specifically the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli Mossad. In the event, the apparent plan to bring down the Iranian government failed when Tehran’s own intelligence and security services were able to intercept and decode the Starlink communications that the plotters were using after the phones and internet were turned off. Armed with information on who, what when and where the authorities were able to make mass arrests and shut down the planned insurgency.
As it happens, during my employment with the Agency I spent considerable time on what were characterized as “Iranian Ops,” an organizational focus much driven by the hostage crisis at the former US Embassy in Tehran. While that was occurring and in its immediate aftermath, everyone in the United States government learned to hate Iran and the intelligence service focus on punishing that nation for its daring to change governments without Washington’s consent became a part of the Operational Directives of several major overseas stations.
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