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Iran has trained secret networks of agents across the
Gulf states to attack Western interests and incite civil unrest in the
event of a military strike against its nuclear programme, a former
Iranian diplomat has told The Sunday Telegraph.
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Western interests in Dubai could be attacked the Iranian regime's agents
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working as teachers, doctors and nurses at Iranian-owned schools and
hospitals have formed sleeper cells ready to be "unleashed" at the
first sign of any serious threat to Teheran, it is claimed.
Trained
by Iranian intelligence services, they are also said to be recruiting
fellow Shias in the region, whose communities have traditionally been
marginalised by the Gulf's ruling Sunni Arab clans.
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 Saudi Arabia has accused Iran of backing Shia death
squads killing Sunnis in Iraq, and of backing the Lebanon-based
Hezbollah militia in its efforts to bring down the government in
Beirut. Meanwhile, a US naval build-up has continued in the Gulf waters
south of Iran, a move intended to show Washington's readiness to strike
against Teheran's nuclear installations for defying UN orders to cease
uranium enrichment.
Mr Assadinia, who fled Iran
after whistle-blowing on corruption among the country's all-powerful
theocrats, said: "The Iranian government believes that to survive it
needs permanent bases throughout the Middle East. Anybody who
contemplates threatening or invading Iran will have those cells
unleashed against them."
Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states | 
