The Zionist entity launched a covert campaign to intimidate senior Iranian officials following the June 13 attack against the Islamic Republic, The Washington Post reported.

In an article published on Monday, The Washington Post cited an audio recording sent to an Iranian general by Israeli intelligence in a bid to intimidate and divide Iranian military officials.

“In the hours after Israel launched its first wave of strikes against Iran on June 13, killing top military leaders and nuclear scientists, Israeli intelligence operatives launched a covert campaign to intimidate senior officials with the apparent aim of dividing and destabilizing Tehran’s theocratic regime, according to three people familiar with the operation,” the US daily reported.

It obtained an audio recording and transcript of one such call, which took place the same day, June 13, that Israel began its bombardment of Iran.

“I can advise you now, you have 12 hours to escape with your wife and child. Otherwise, you’re on our list right now,” an Israeli intelligence operative told a senior Iranian general, according to the audio recording obtained by The Washington Post.

The operative then suggested that ‘Israel’ could train weapons on the general and his family at any moment. “We’re closer to you than your own neck vein. Put this in your head. May God protect you,” he said.

The general, who was described by the paper as a member of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was told he had 12 hours to make a video disassociating himself from the Iranian government.

“The general is believed to be still alive and in Iran, said one of the people familiar with the operation. But a primary goal of the operation was to deter and confuse the Tehran leadership, a second person said,” according to The Washington Post.

Source: The Washington Post