Mossad abducted, interrogated, killed Iranian general in search for Ron Arad - report
Former-Mossad director David Barnea said at the time that he had authorized an operation to obtain information about Arad, describing it as daring but unsuccessful.
The Mossad abducted former Iranian deputy defense minister Ali Reza Asgari in Turkey and killed him after interrogating him about the disappearance of Israeli Air Force navigator Ron Arad, according to a report by The New York Times. The operation was based on the search for Arad, which Iranian officials claim Asgari had been in contact with Hezbollah officials.
Asgari disappeared in Istanbul in December 2006. Israel has denied involvement in his disappearance. The investigation also revealed that Iranian Gen. Abdullah Saberi was abducted in September 2021, taken to Israel, and questioned about Arad. Saberi was later left on a Johannesburg street and claimed to have been tortured. The search for Arad continues in Lebanon.
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