New York Times: Israel kidnapped two Iranian generals in search of Ron Arad.
An investigation conducted by the "New York Times" revealed that Israel kidnapped the Iranian general Ali Reza Askari, who disappeared in Istanbul in 2006.
The newspaper quoted former US officials as saying that Mossad agents interrogated him for weeks about the disappearance of Israeli pilot Ron Arad, then killed him and dumped his body in the Black Sea, after failing to extract useful information from him.
The investigation added that the Mossad also kidnapped General Abdullah Sabri from Damascus in 2021 on the same route. According to informed Israeli sources, it is now believed that Arad was not arrested in Iran, and that the search is focused on Lebanon.