The Iranian Student News Agency published on Tuesday details of the alleged “strategic, practical, research, and scientific” documents Tehran claimed to have stolen from Israel. The documents claim to reveal an “illegal” secret nuclear weapons program in coordination with American and European institutions and are also said to contain names and photos of officials.

Iranian Minister of Intelligence Esmail Khatib previously described the documents as a “treasure trove.”

“The transfer of this treasure trove was time-consuming and required security measures. Naturally, the transfer methods will remain confidential, but the documents should be unveiled soon,” Khatib said, adding that in terms of volume, “talking of thousands of documents would be an understatement.”

 Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024. (credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia press Agency) via REUTERS)
Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024. (credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia press Agency) via REUTERS)

Tehran's threats against Israel

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council warned on Monday that any future Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would be met with retaliation targeting Israeli nuclear sites using the intelligence that it had gathered, Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported on Monday.

The council said that its intelligence services had obtained “a vast quantity of strategic and sensitive information and documents” about Israel’s nuclear sites.

“Access to this information and the completion of the information and operational cycle have enabled the warriors of Islam [Iranian armed forces] to immediately counter any potential attack by the Zionist regime on the country’s nuclear facilities by attacking its secret nuclear facilities,” the statement said.