US steps up intelligence, sabotage missions in Iran - The Hill's DEFCON Hill

American intelligence agencies are ramping up intelligence and sabotage missions focused on Iran's nuclear program, just as Tehran prepares to renew talks with Western powers over the effort.
Iranian officials are scheduled to meet with the so-called P5+1 group — the five permanent United Nations Security Council countries plus Germany — on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss the country's nuclear program.
But the U.S. intelligence community has not been wasting any time in trying to weaken Tehran's position long before they return to the negotiating table.

Officials from the National Security Agency have increased efforts to intercept email and electronic communications coming from Tehran, according to reports in Monday's Washington Post.
The CIA and other agencies have also ramped up sabotage missions in the country, geared toward disrupting Iran's ongoing nuclear work.
To do that, the agency has leaned upon its partnerships with allied intelligence services in the region to recruit operatives for intelligence and sabotage missions inside Iran, the Post reports.
U.S. intelligence officials have pressed ahead with these operations, despite an incident in which Iranian forces captured a highly-classified American intelligence drone last December.
US steps up intelligence, sabotage missions in Iran - The Hill's DEFCON Hill