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MI6 use migrant crisis to smuggle Iran nuclear scientist into Britain
Marco Giannangeli, DIPLOMATIC EDITOR, Exclusive
BRITISH spies used the Channel migrant crisis as cover to smuggle a defecting Iranian nuclear scientist to safety, sources claim.
PUBLISHED: 16:10, Sun, Feb 10, 2019 | UPDATED: 17:04, Sun, Feb 10, 2019
The 47-year-old nuclear technician, with information about Iran's nuclear programme, was brought to the UK on New Year's Eve in a joint operation involving MI6, the CIA and Mossad. It involved a 3,000-mile dash across Europe and a final 22-mile dinghy crossing across the Channel hidden among illegal Iranian immigrants. An Israeli asset for years, he is said to have helped plan the 2012 assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a nuclear scientist and director at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility.
Mossad smuggled the nuclear scientist out of Iran before he began the long trek to Britain (Image: Getty Images)
The 32-year-old was killed by a magnetic bomb attached to his car in Tehran. His driver also died.
Read more at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1085207/spies-MI6-smuggle-iranian-defector-dinghy-uk-channel (https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1085207/spies-MI6-smuggle-iranian-defector-dinghy-uk-channel)
In a lot of news stories right now, still getting a grasp on it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6688053/British-spies-MI6-smuggled-defecting-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-UK-dinghy.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6688053/British-spies-MI6-smuggled-defecting-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-UK-dinghy.html)
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Mossad-MI6-smuggled-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-to-the-UK-Report-580237 (https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Mossad-MI6-smuggled-Iranian-nuclear-scientist-to-the-UK-Report-580237)