Israel's Mossad intelligence agency issued a statement in Persian on Thursday, mocking the funeral of a figure it referred to as 'Ayatollah the Butcher' and describing him as a war criminal whose son did not attend his burial. The identity of the individual was not specified in the statement.
The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, published a rare public statement in Persian on Thursday evening, directed at an Iranian audience. The statement mocked the funeral of an individual it called 'Ayatollah the Butcher,' a derogatory nickname, and accused him of being a war criminal. It noted that his son was absent from the funeral. The exact target of the statement is unclear, but the phrasing suggests a senior Iranian figure. Mossad occasionally issues Persian-language statements as part of its psychological warfare and public diplomacy efforts.
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