In a stunning sign of paranoia gripping Tehran's ruling elite, reports from X claim that Hossein Taeb, once the powerful head of IRGC Intelligence, has been arrested by his own Revolutionary Guards on suspicion of collaborating with Israel's Mossad.
The accusation: Taeb abruptly left a high-level meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei just 20 minutes before recent US-Israel strikes hit Iranian targets, reportedly citing illness. Regime hardliners now view the exit as a red flag for betrayal.
Taeb, long a feared figure in Iran's security apparatus, was dismissed from his intelligence post back in 2022 amid failures to stop Israeli operations and spy scandals. This latest move suggests the regime's internal purges are accelerating amid escalating conflict.
If confirmed, the arrest exposes deep cracks inside the IRGC — the very force supposed to shield the Islamic Republic from external threats. When the hunters become the hunted, the endgame may be closer than Tehran admits.
