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By Farnaz Fassihi, Ronen Bergman and Eric Schmitt Iran is operating a clandestine smuggling route across the Middle East, employing intelligence operatives, militants and criminal gangs, to deliver weapons to Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to officials from the United States, Israel and Iran. The goal, as described by three Iranian officials, is to foment unrest against Israel by flooding the enclave with as many weapons as it can, The New York Times reported.
The covert operation is heightening concerns that Iran is seeking to turn the West Bank into the next flashpoint in the long-simmering shadow war between Israel and Iran.
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Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi was accused of secretly working for Iran while lobbying the U.S. government. The political scientist says he was duped into it.