{"id":118557,"date":"2024-10-26T11:11:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118557"},"modified":"2024-10-26T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T04:11:08","slug":"ariane-tabatabais-links-to-iran-back-under-the-microscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118557","title":{"rendered":"Ariane Tabatabai&#8217;s links to Iran back under the microscope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Israel\u2019s proxy war with Iran was dealt a blow earlier this week when US documents <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/21\/opinion\/leaked-intel-on-israeli-military-plans-takes-harris-biden-war-on-israel-to-a-new-level\/\">detailing plans for a strike<\/a> against the country leaked.<\/p>\n<p>One name quickly appeared on the lips of Israeli intelligence sources following the event \u2013 Ariane Tabatabai.<\/p>\n<p>Insiders within Israeli intelligence pointed out to The Post how the Iranian-born Pentagon official was previously named as part of an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/20\/pentagon-aide-called-iran-spy-keeps-security-clearance\/\">covert influence campaign<\/a> run by Tehran in October 2023. Republicans have gone as far as to call her a spy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tabatabai is still employed by US intelligence services \u2013 who have categorically denied she had anything to do with the leak.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli sources \u2013 smarting from having a potential retaliatory strike against Iran for its Oct. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/24\/world-news\/hezbollah-steps-up-missile-strikes-on-israel\/\">ballistic missile attack on Israel<\/a> leaked by its closest ally \u2013 remain skeptical.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel had been planning retaliation against Iraq.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei got tipped off to Israel\u2019s retaliation plans. <span class=\"credit\">KHAMENEI.IR\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One Israeli intelligence official, speaking under condition of anonymity, told The Post: \u201cIf she did do it, it will be tracked down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same official added: \u201cThe American intelligence community is way too embedded within our own intelligence community to insure that our classified information is adequately protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior policy advisor Tabatabai previously appeared to be a willing recruit in an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/22\/opinion\/meet-the-iranian-born-biden-military-aide-reportedly-under-investigation-for-major-influence-campaign\/\">operation run by Tehran\u2019s foreign ministry<\/a>, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/09\/25\/2023\/inside-irans-influence-operation\">news site Semafor<\/a> in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been suspected of collaborating with the Islamic regime before,\u201d a US-based Iran expert told The Post. \u201cThere were some calls for her to be stripped of her security clearance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Having already been named as being part of a covert influence campaign run by Tehran, Ariane Tabatabai has been roused the suspicions of two Mid East insiders. <span class=\"credit\">Center for a New American Security<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tabatabai also happened to work as a key aide to Robert Malley, the now-suspended Iran envoy who is said to have ties to the bloodthirsty Iranian regime, headed by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>He was discreetly placed on unpaid leave last year in connection to alleged mishandling of \u201cprotected material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Tabatabai was allowed to keep her $153,454 per year job.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, she has been<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/20\/pentagon-aide-called-iran-spy-keeps-security-clearance\/\"> promoted within the defense department<\/a>, rising from Chief of Staff to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Many of Iran\u2019s missiles over Israel were thwarted by country\u2019s famed Iron Dome.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Despite Israel\u2019s best efforts, some of Iran\u2019s missiles got through the Iron Dome. They destroyed buildings such as this one. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-826060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Jerusalem Post described <\/a>Tabatabai as an \u201cofficial with alleged Iran ties amid leak probe and spy accusations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Pentagon maintains Tabatabai is <a href=\"http:\/\/[https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3942706\/pentagon-press-secretary-maj-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing\/]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not suspected in the latest leak<\/a>. During a press briefing on October 22, Major General Pat Ryder stated: \u201cThe FBI is investigating the alleged leak of classified documents and is working closely with the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Ryder was specifically asked about Tabatabai, he replied \u201c\u2026the official that was being referenced is not a subject of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pentagon officials maintain that none of its employees, including Ariane Tabatabai, were responsible for the leak. <span class=\"credit\">King&#8217;s College London<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tabatabai did not respond to calls for comment from The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing the Israeli source, the Iran expert pointed out how a number of people with security clearances could be behind the leak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a lack of oversight about [multiple people] who are involved with Iran,\u201d the expert said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Besides bringing heat on Israel and the United States, according to the Israeli insider, the leak \u2013 regardless of who is behind it \u2013 served an important short-term benefit for Iran as it \u201cderailed our planned strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Iran expert added there are broader detriments to the leak beyond a single incident: \u201cThe Islamic Regime is not only countering Israel. Iran has become enemy number one to America\u2019s security interests as well. It\u2019s against the Western world. This is the one topic that we should be highly, highly careful with.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/25\/world-news\/ariane-tabatabais-links-to-iran-back-under-the-microscope\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s proxy war with Iran was dealt a blow earlier this week when US documents detailing plans for a strike against the country leaked. 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