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Iran's Security Services Turn on Each Other over Spy Fears
(Telegraph-UK) Afshin Madadi - Iranian regime officials are turning on one another amid fears of widespread infiltration by Israeli spies, as Revolutionary Guard members have battled to prove their loyalty, officials inside the regime told the Telegraph. The sources said there were growing fears that individuals who may have been working with Israeli intelligence could be falsely reporting loyal Iranians as being traitors, as part of a broader effort to remove trusted insiders from key roles. Moreover, one official said: "People within the system who have long-standing disputes are now building cases against one another and taking revenge." Iran's leadership is increasingly using glories of the Persian Empire to rally the population. This week authorities installed a replica of a 1,700-year-old relief sculpture in central Tehran, depicting Valerian, emperor of Rome, who fell to his knees before Iranian King Shapur I in 260 CE. The replica included the message: "You will kneel before Iran again."