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The Al-Masri Assassination: Another Iranian Intelligence Failure

Khoshnood, Ardavan LU orcid (2020) In Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Perspective Papers
Abstract
On August 7, 2020, the number 2 figure in al-Qaeda, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah (known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri), was gunned down in Tehran. Al-Masri’s very presence in Iran exhibited the close relationship Tehran has with the Sunni terrorist organization, and his slaying shows the weakness of Iranian counterintelligence. The regime’s frustration at this intelligence failure will likely be expressed through acts of violence. It will probably reform its counterintelligence community and may ask for assistance in this endeavor from both Russia and China.
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Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Islamic Republic of Iran, IRGC, Ministry of Intelligence, Al-Qaida, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, Terrorism, Assassination, Iran, Azerbaijan, Islamiska Republiken Iran, Armenia, Realism
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Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Perspective Papers
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1825
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English
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41fde8e7-9586-408b-81a4-8a1988d675d4
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https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/the-al-masri-assassination-another-iranian-intelligence-failure/
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2020-11-19 12:28:52
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2023-04-18 22:37:24
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  abstract     = {{On August 7, 2020, the number 2 figure in al-Qaeda, Abdullah Ahmad Abdullah (known as Abu Muhammad al-Masri), was gunned down in Tehran. Al-Masri’s very presence in Iran exhibited the close relationship Tehran has with the Sunni terrorist organization, and his slaying shows the weakness of Iranian counterintelligence. The regime’s frustration at this intelligence failure will likely be expressed through acts of violence. It will probably reform its counterintelligence community and may ask for assistance in this endeavor from both Russia and China.}},
  author       = {{Khoshnood, Ardavan}},
  keywords     = {{Iran; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; Islamic Republic of Iran; IRGC; Ministry of Intelligence; Al-Qaida; Abu Muhammad al-Masri; Terrorism; Assassination; Iran; Azerbaijan; Islamiska Republiken Iran; Armenia; Realism}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  number       = {{1825}},
  series       = {{Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Perspective Papers}},
  title        = {{The Al-Masri Assassination: Another Iranian Intelligence Failure}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/87023926/1825_Al_Masri_Assassination_Khoshnood_final.pdf}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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