How US and Israel targeted Khamenei: Mossad hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras for years

Mossad operatives hacked into Tehran’s traffic camera network to spy on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his bodyguards and other top Iranian officials for years before his assassination, the Daily Mail writes.

Israel gained access to almost all the city’s cameras, which are used extensively by Iran to spy on regime opponents.

Images were said to be transmitted back to Tel Aviv and southern Israel, allowing Mossad to develop intimate knowledge on the guards’ addresses, work schedules, and who they were assigned to protect.

The hacks were part of a years-long intelligence campaign which eventually led to the killing of Khamenei on Saturday after jets, which had travelled directly from Israeli military bases for hours, fired up to 30 precision munitions on his complex.

The Supreme Leader’s body was found in rubble after the daylight bombing raid aimed at toppling the Islamic Republic’s government.