Iran strikes CIA base in Saudi Arabia in huge symbolic victory as spy agency arms Islamic militants to spark uprising
Iran has blown up a CIA station at the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia as the agency works to arm militants for an uprising against the Islamic regime.
A suspected Iranian drone struck the CIA station on Monday, just two days after the spy agency pinpointed the location of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for the strike that killed him, according to the Washington Post.
An internal State Department alert revealed that Tehran’s attack ‘collapsed’ part of the station’s roof and ‘contaminated’ the compound with smoke.
The station also sustained ‘structural damage’ while personnel were advised to ‘shelter in place.’
It is unclear if any CIA agents or personnel were wounded in the attack.
The CIA has long been viewed by the Islamic regime as their arch-enemy, in part because of the agency’s history of covert efforts aimed at undermining their leadership.
Tehran’s attack also comes as the spy agency works to arm Kurdish militants inside the country in an effort to foment an uprising following the ayatollah’s death.
The Daily Mail has contacted the CIA for comment.
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Top White House officials have been in active discussions with Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them military support to strike the regime.
Iranian Kurdish militants have thousands of soldiers along the Iraq-Iran border with major support in Northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region.
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Despite the death of the ayatollah, the Islamic government appears to remain in control of the country. The CIA’s reported efforts to arm Kurdish militants could pose one of the most existential threats to the regime.
Trump’s war has now spiraled across the Middle East, with Israel and several Gulf allies coming under Iranian drone and missile attacks.
The United States has responded with a wave of airstrikes aimed at crippling Iran’s military bases and remaining leadership.
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