The CIA urges Iranians to reach out as informants in rare move
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The CIA invited Iranians with "sensitive information" or "unique skills" to contact it.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has issued a rare call to Iranians to get in contact as potential informants, signaling a potential ramp-up of American efforts to gather military and civilian intelligence at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
The CIA issued a Farsi-language recruitment post on X, Instagram and YouTube on Tuesday, offering potential informants a way to contact the agency to share intelligence securely.
"Hello. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) hears your voice and wants to help you," the post said, according to an English-language translation, in which people with "sensitive information" or "unique skills" were invited to contact the agency.
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