US EditionHow Israel Hacked Street Cameras to Target Iran’s Supreme Leader
Israel exploited Tehran’s extensive but insecure surveillance network to track Iranian leaders using artificial intelligence, revealing vulnerabilities in authoritarian regimes’ security systems.
- On February 28, 2026, Israel tracked Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei using Tehran's street cameras, demonstrating how surveillance systems become weapons in wartime.
- Tehran's camera network faced repeated compromises since 2021, prompting warnings from Mahmoud Nabavian, deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, that "everything on the internet is in their hands."
- Artificial intelligence advances now allow militaries to automatically identify targets from hacked feeds, overcoming the previous need for manual analysis that once required weeks or months.
- During a 12-day war last summer, Israel used the footage to bomb a meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, injuring Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, according to Iranian lawmakers and an Israeli documentary.
- Security expert Healy observed that infrastructure authoritarian states build to secure their rule "may be what makes their leaders most visible to the people trying to kill them." Over one billion cameras now exist worldwide.
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The role of Israel's hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime.
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The role of Israel's hijacking of Iran’s street cameras in the killing of the country’s supreme leader underscores how surveillance systems are increasingly being targeted by adversaries in wartime.
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