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| Ali Mansouri (photo credit: Courtesy Shin Bet) |
Ali Mansouri was detained at Ben Gurion international airport in September 2013 carrying photographs of the US
Embassy in Tel Aviv and other sites, according to Israel’s Shin Bet
domestic security service. He had been traveling under the alias of Alex
Mans. Details of his arrest were initially kept hidden under a gag
order, which was eventually lifted.
Mansouri said during questioning that he was
promised $1 million in exchange for his activities inside Israel, and
described how he was recruited by the special operations unit of the
Revolutionary Guards. [...]
Mansouri had visited Israel several times and was under surveillance by Israeli intelligence. According to the Shin Bet, Mansouri, a
businessman, was also looking to establish business interests in Israel
that could serve as fronts for Iranian intelligence activities in the
Jewish state. The aim was to establish a front behind which
the Revolutionary Guards could operate in Israel, against Israel, the
media reported in 2013. A subsequent stage would have been to send
terrorists to Israel to carry out attacks, they added.
Mansouri left Iran in 1980, lived in Turkey
until 1997 and then moved to Belgium on a business visa, where in 2006
he obtained citizenship and changed his name to Alex Mans, the Shin Bet
revealed. In 2007, Mansouri returned to Iran and established an
international business with interests in Iran, Belgium and Turkey. One of the companies Mansouri established was
called European Folded Glass System, Channel 2 reported. The company’s
amateurish website stated proudly that EFGS is “Big Company in Europe,”
but was rife with spelling and grammatical errors. Alex Mans was listed
as the manager, and a Belgian address and phone number were given on the
site.
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