The source said they wanted to “let the world know what Iran is doing in my country Iraq." They sent The Intercept 700 pages of secret intelligence reports from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, or MOIS, but never revealed their own identity. This kind of leak is unprecedented for Iran, a country with a highly secretive government and spy agencies that guard their confidential information zealously.

Jeremy Scahill talks with The Intercept's National Security Editor Vanessa Gezari and Senior National Security Correspondent James Risen about the significance of these leaked documents, which show how Iran came to assert unprecedented influence over Iraq, and paint a devastating portrait of the catastrophic consquences of U.S. policy, particularly the 2003 invasion. #irancables

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