By Isabella Torregiani
12:03pm PDT, Jun 24, 2025
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Audio recordings have surfaced of Israeli intelligence officers threatening senior Iranian generals before the recent airstrikes, urging them to "escape" with their families.
In clips obtained by
The Washington Post, the agents can be heard warning that Iranian officials have just 12 hours to flee — or face death.
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The audio emerged following Israel's strike on Iran's capital, Tehran, on June 13. In one of the recordings, an Israeli operative is heard issuing a direct warning to a high-ranking Iranian general: "I can advise you now, you have 12 hours to escape with your wife and child. Otherwise, you're on our list right now," the operative reportedly said. "We will hit you, your family, your children, everyone, with the dirt."
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Similar calls were reportedly made to at least 20 top Iranian officials, each threatening deadly consequences if they didn't leave immediately. Some speculate the campaign is part of a psychological operation meant to weaken and pressure the regime through fear tactics. "Like I said, 12 hours from this very minute that I spoke to you, you have time to escape," one agent warned. "If not, you have no one to blame but yourself."
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In one call, the agent claims he's reporting from a country that, just two hours earlier, assassinated top Iranian military figures — including IRGC commanders Hossein Salami and Mohammad Bagheri, as well as Vice Adm. Ali Shamkhani. "One by one, to hell," the operative says about the trio, though it was later reported that Shamkhani survived the assassination attempt. "Do you want to be one of them? Do you want to be the next one on the list? Do you also want to destroy your wife and child? No, right?"
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In at least one call, the agent allegedly tells the Iranian general that to avoid death, he must record a video denouncing the regime and send it via Telegram. It's unconfirmed whether the official complied or not.
