‘Last plane to leave Tehran’: Mossad’s final Iran chief Eliezer Tsafrir dies at 92

Jan 22, 2026 2:41 pm | Jpost

Eliezer "Geizi" Tzafrir, former Mossad chief for Iraqi Kurdistan and last before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, poses for a Maariv interview back in 2022. (photo credit: YOSSI ALONI/MAARIV)
Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet official and Israel’s last station chief in Tehran before 1979, played a central role in Israel’s early regional intelligence efforts.
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