The New York Times publishes details about Alireza Akbari, an Iranian-British citizen who rose to the top of the Iranian government, served as deputy defense minister, was recruited to work for the British intelligence service, was arrested on charges of espionage, and was finally executed at the beginning of the year.
According to the same article, Akbari was recruited to Mi6 in 2004 at the British Embassy in Tehran, and since then he has frequently traveled to Europe, under the guise of business trips.
From conversations conducted by the "New York Times" with Western, Israeli and Iranian intelligence officials, as well as Akbari's friends and relatives, it becomes clear that he was able to bring about revelations about the nuclear facility in Purdue, something that also managed to astonish intelligence officials who followed the Iranian nuclear program.
The exposure of the site completely changed the West's attitude towards the Iranian nuclear program - after years of claiming that Iran had abandoned the military nuclear program