THREAD: Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Neither was 🇮🇱 Israel’s intelligence victory against the 🇮🇷 Islamic Republic.
So how did it happen?
Neither was 🇮🇱 Israel’s intelligence victory against the 🇮🇷 Islamic Republic.
So how did it happen?
1/ In June 2025, Israel carried out the most extensive and successful decapitation strike in modern history, eliminating Iran’s top military and nuclear leadership in a single operation.
2/ Iran’s commanders were reportedly drawn into a single location and killed via precision strike.
Simultaneously, nuclear scientists and senior officials were targeted at their residences and known hideouts, indicating long-term surveillance and deep penetration.
Simultaneously, nuclear scientists and senior officials were targeted at their residences and known hideouts, indicating long-term surveillance and deep penetration.
3/ The operation included the construction of a covert drone base inside Iran, built in secret over months.
Israel had boots on the ground, tracking targets and preparing the battlefield while avoiding Iranian detection.
Israel had boots on the ground, tracking targets and preparing the battlefield while avoiding Iranian detection.
4/ U.S. strikes on nuclear sites followed, supported by Israeli intelligence.
According to the Pentagon, Iran’s nuclear program has now been delayed by two years or more.
According to the Pentagon, Iran’s nuclear program has now been delayed by two years or more.
5/ This unprecedented success builds on a long history.
In 2018, Mossad agents exfiltrated Iran’s entire nuclear archive from Tehran, providing evidence of a hidden weapons program and diplomatic bad faith.
In 2018, Mossad agents exfiltrated Iran’s entire nuclear archive from Tehran, providing evidence of a hidden weapons program and diplomatic bad faith.
6/ The Israeli-Iranian shadow war dates back to the early 1980s:
📍Explosive parcels sent to Iranian agents
📍Hezbollah commanders assassinated
📍Joint CIA-Mossad operations, including the 2008 killing of terror leader Imad Mughniyeh
📍Explosive parcels sent to Iranian agents
📍Hezbollah commanders assassinated
📍Joint CIA-Mossad operations, including the 2008 killing of terror leader Imad Mughniyeh
7/ In recent years, Mossad reportedly interrogated regime operatives inside Iran, conducted drone strikes, and coordinated with Arab states alarmed by Tehran’s ambitions.
What began as counterterrorism has become strategic containment.
What began as counterterrorism has become strategic containment.
8/ Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution reshaped the region, fueling proxy wars from Lebanon to Yemen.
But Israel’s intelligence services have steadily eroded the Islamic Republic’s ability to act with impunity via a combination of technology, human assets, and bold execution.
But Israel’s intelligence services have steadily eroded the Islamic Republic’s ability to act with impunity via a combination of technology, human assets, and bold execution.
9/ 🇮🇱's campaign is a reminder that deterrence today is not just about military force BUT intelligence superiority, operational reach, and persistence over decades.
10/ This is not the end of the story, but a major chapter in the long struggle between two irreconcilable visions for the region.
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