On September 25th, local time, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei responded to US President Trump's accusations against Iran in his speech to the UN General Assembly on social media, which mentioned that the United States should take international responsibility for illegal attacks on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities. On the same day, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister said that if the Security Council resumes sanctions against Iran, as the first measure, the Cairo agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency will be terminated.
Just a day earlier, Iranian Intelligence Minister Ismail Hatib said that Iranian intelligence forces had obtained strategically sensitive data and documents about Israeli nuclear facilities and nuclear science, and that intelligence personnel had successfully infiltrated a nuclear research facility located in the Negev desert near Dimona, Israel.
How to obtain sensitive nuclear documents
Iranian official media announced on the 23rd that the intelligence department would release important news at 8 pm the next day. Then on the 24th local time, Iranian state television broadcast a program in which Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib released videos including images taken from inside the Dimona nuclear base in Israel.
Relevant documents received at the beginning of June
Hatib said Iranian intelligence forces had obtained strategically sensitive data and documents about nuclear facilities.The data and documents were obtained by Iranian intelligence agencies in June.。 At the beginning of June this year, Iranian state television also broadcast a report, revealing that due to the huge number of documents, no more information will be disclosed for the time being until all documents are ensured to arrive at the scheduled protected location.
Obtain the names of 189 Israeli nuclear and military experts
The intelligence group said it included complete details of previous and ongoing Israeli weapons projects, upgrading and re-processing of old nuclear weapons, and joint projects with the United States and some European countries.
Khatib:The documents also contain lists of researchers, scientists, and senior managers of the Inhuman Weapons Program, including American and European scientists working on related projects. We identified the names, addresses, identities, working relationships and projects of 189 Israeli nuclear and military experts, and we provided such intelligence to our missile units, some of which were targeted by missile units of the Iranian army.
Iraqi intelligence officials have infiltrated the regime.
Khatib also said that in the process of obtaining and transferring these intelligence documents,With the participation of the Israeli government, military personnel and ordinary citizens，Iranian intelligence officers have infiltrated the Israeli regime。
Why is it announced at this time
After the escalation of the conflict, the intelligence war between the two countries has been significantly escalated, in 2024 to 2025, Israel has carried out multiple precision strikes on targets within Iran, and these strikes are also based on a huge intelligence network, but also suspected of murdering several Iranian senior generals and nuclear researchers through the actions of themselves or agents.
So why did Iran announce this news at this time, what are its considerations, and what impact will it have on the regional situation?
Iran reveals multiple considerations about nuclear intelligence
Li Qing, an assistant researcher at the China Institute for International Affairs Research, believes that Iran's production documentary reveals the details of the Israeli nuclear program, mainly with the following considerations:
Iran's intelligence capabilities on the inside and outsideIn the hope of creating a deterrent against Israel and demonstrating Iran’s ability to pose a real threat to Israel’s critical military facilities, Iran hopes to restore people’s confidence in the government’s defence capabilities, while Iran also wants to use it to show that Israel is not without flaws and weaknesses.
Second, reshape public opinion and discourse narrative.The United States has long been reinforcing Iran’s nuclear program as an imminent threat to regional security, thus giving rise to the so-called justification and necessity of military action against Iran.But Iran’s announcement of Israel’s nuclear program, in fact, is to show that Iran is in response to the nuclear threat of Israel, pointing out that it is the victim, and the related counter-action is only the inevitable option as a passive counter-attacker, through such propaganda strategy to seek more international support.
Third, Iran hopes to break the long-standing Western ambition ofining the Middle East nuclear non-proliferation system by disclosing the details of Israel’s nuclear program.
Iran's release of such news now may objectively make Israel intensify its military threats and attacks against Iran and its regional allies. It will also make all parties inside and outside the region regard Israel more as a real security challenge, and may also trigger new regional alliances. The emergence of vertical and horizontal combinations. Iran may have the opportunity to find an opportunity to fight back.