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Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global intelligence community. This week we home in on Iran, France and Belarus. [...] (522 words)

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Alexander Volfovich
Ali Khamenei
Ali Shamkhani
Christophe Gomart
Didier Bolelli
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure
DRM
Eric Vidaud
Hossein Salami
Hossein Taeb
Jacques Langlade de Montgros
Jean Heinrich
Jean-François Ferlet
Mohammad Ali Jaafari
Mohsen Rezaï
Mossad
NATO
Revolutionary Guards Corps
Supreme National Security Council

Basiji militia leads Pasdaran crackdown against popular uprising in Iran

Mobilising all its military forces in a bid to crush the anti-government uprising that began nearly two months ago, Tehran has positioned its Basiji miltia, which can infiltrate all levels of the poulation, at the front line.

IRAN 22/07/2022

Mohammad Kazemi already at work reorganising the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service

Only just appointed to his new post as head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence service, Mohammad Kazemi intends to respond rapidly to Ali Khamenei's wish to reform this key component of the regime's security apparatus.

FRANCE 21/07/2022

French military intelligence tries to get back into battle order under new director

After a turbulent period, France's military intelligence service, the DRM, aims to resume its efforts to reorganise and rise to the challenge posed by the data "tsunami" despite still being faced with major technical and human resources challenges.

Jacques de Montgros, the new Director of Military Intelligence.

IRAN 15/07/2022

Ali Shamkhani grows more powerful after dismissal of Hossein Taeb

Ali Shamkhani, around whom Iran's security and intelligence apparatus is increasingly concentrated, is continuing his regular regional trips. He is particularly keen on making progress on Iranian-Egyptian reconciliation.

The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani.

BELARUS 21/06/2022

Western intelligence services keeping close eye on growing threat of civil war in Belarus

The state of high tension prevailing in Minsk has pushed security services in the US, the UK, Turkey and Ukraine to prepare for the possibility of matters taking a military turn. Lukashenko's inner circle is preparing to face guerilla-style attacks, but armed opposition groups do not exclude launching a conventional offensive, with support from their allies.

ISRAEL TURKEY 08/06/2022

Tel Aviv's spymasters slow down reconciliation with Ankara

Israel and Turkey had been warming to one another, but recent recommendations from Israel's national security council, warning Israelis to avoid travel to Turkey because of Iranian activisim, have put up a roadblock.

Spymaster IRAN 06/05/2022

Tehran's security envoy Ali Shamkhani works the international scene

Head of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani regularly goes beyond his position's remit. He views himself as being in charge of advancing the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran across the world.

Ali Shamkhani, Secretary General of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council.

FRANCE 11/04/2022

Vidaud's surprise exit from military intelligence turns the armed forces upside down

The abrupt departure on 30 March of the Director of Military Intelligence (DRM) Eric Vidaud triggered a power struggle within the armed forces for the future positions.

FRANCE 05/04/2017

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€90m price tag for France's delayed new embassy in Tripoli

With the end of her term approaching, France's ambassador in #Libya, Béatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, will not have long to enjoy the brand-new French diplomatic complex, to which the finishing touches are currently being put.

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Alexander Volfovich
Ali Khamenei
Ali Shamkhani
Christophe Gomart
Didier Bolelli
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure
DRM
Eric Vidaud
Hossein Salami
Hossein Taeb
Jacques Langlade de Montgros
Jean Heinrich
Jean-François Ferlet
Mohammad Ali Jaafari
Mohsen Rezaï
Mossad
NATO
Revolutionary Guards Corps
Supreme National Security Council

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Hossein Taeb dismissed, DGSE gets Tripoli villa, DRM celebrates 30th anniversary, New narrative in Belarus

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Basiji militia leads Pasdaran crackdown against popular uprising in Iran

Mohammad Kazemi already at work reorganising the Revolutionary Guards' intelligence service

French military intelligence tries to get back into battle order under new director

Ali Shamkhani grows more powerful after dismissal of Hossein Taeb

Western intelligence services keeping close eye on growing threat of civil war in Belarus

Tel Aviv's spymasters slow down reconciliation with Ankara

Tehran's security envoy Ali Shamkhani works the international scene

Vidaud's surprise exit from military intelligence turns the armed forces upside down

Classified data for intelligence startups

€90m price tag for France's delayed new embassy in Tripoli

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