Audio has emerged of Israeli intelligence officials warning Iranian generals to either leave Iran or face imminent death — their families included.
Published by the Washington Post on Monday, the audio was reportedly recorded in the immediate hours after Israel launched its first strikes against Iran on June 13.
Listen to the audio below:
The Washington Post has published an audio file in which Mossad agents contact 20 IRGC commanders and give them 12 hours to flee Iran, or they and their families will be killed. pic.twitter.com/Q1n01AUV8Y
— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) June 23, 2025
“I’m calling from a country that two hours ago sent Salami, Bagheri, Shamkhani, one by one, to hell,” the clip begins with an Israeli intelligence official saying as he describes the death of three Iranian generals.
“The only advice I’m giving you right now, I can advise you now, you have 12 hours to escape with your wife and child,” the clip continues. “Otherwise, you’re on our list right now. You, all of you, one by one, are on the list that I’m looking at, and you’re our next targets. We will hit you, your family, your children, everyone, with the dirt.”
“I only called to tell you, look, as long as there’s time. I’ll give you a reprieve, like I said, 12 hours from this very minute that I spoke to you, you have time to escape. If not, you have no one to blame but yourself. We’re closer to you than your own neck vein. Put this in your head,” the clip concludes.
The bad news is that it’s believed that the specific Iranian general featured in the audio above is still alive and well in Iran.
Also, not every Iranian general received a phone call. Some received a warning letter under their door, while others were contacted via their wives.
The good news is that the “primary goal of the operation was to deter and confuse the Tehran leadership,” according to the Post, and in this regard, the operation was successful.
“The covert intimidation campaign against key Iranian figures who survived, or were not targeted in, the initial round of Israeli strikes involved several of Israel’s security and military agencies and was aimed at striking fear into second- and third-tier figures,” the Post notes.
“The goal was to make it harder for Khamenei, who controls Iran’s national security policy, to fill the positions of those Israel killed,” the explanation continues.
A person familiar with the operation explained it more bluntly.
“The second-tier leadership that is supposed to inherit the positions and now fill in the places of those who have been eliminated, they are terrified,” the individual said.
“And they are being reminded on a personal level about what happened to the successor of Nasrallah and the successors of Hezbollah commanders who were eliminated, as well,” the person added.
“Nasrallah” was a reference to Hassan Nasrallah, the now-dead leader of the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah. He was killed by Israel last December. So was Nasrallah’s successor.
“Khamenei is facing serious difficulties to nominate successors for the positions of officials that were eliminated in the operation,” the Post’s insider source continued. “And even if he succeeds to do so, these are people he didn’t choose in the first place. Because the more serious ones are refusing to take the positions now.”
The Perfect K!ll. PM @netanyahu approved the Elimination of Hassan Nasrallah and with this, entire #Hezbollah top leadership eliminated. IDF hits Beirut based HQ hidden in a civilian Apt destroyed pic.twitter.com/RHIlG8NTua
— Mihir Jha (@MihirkJha) September 27, 2024
All this comes amid a ceasefire between Israel and Iran brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump late Monday evening.
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!” the president wrote on Truth Social. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!”
By Tuesday morning, rumors had emerged that either Israel, Iran, or both had violated the ceasefire.
The president wasn’t pleased.
Listen (*Language warning):
Trump: “I’m really unhappy with Israel [for violating the ceasefire]”; both sides “don’t know what the fuck they’re doing” pic.twitter.com/fC7OAMyrRo
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 24, 2025
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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