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Al Jazeera (18 November 2019)

Hundreds of leaked Iranian intelligence reports appear to have revealed the extent of Tehran's influence in Iraq.

The Intercept and The New York Times reported on Monday that the unprecedented leak shows evidence of Iran's efforts to embed itself into Iraqi politics and affairs.

The publications said their reporting was based on 700 pages of verified reports written mainly in 2014 and 2015 by Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, and sent to The Intercept anonymously. The Intercept later shared the documents with the Times.

Vanessa Gezari of The Intercept said her publication received the documents from an unknown source and that "we still don't know who they're from".

The source said they had wanted to "let the world know what Iran is doing in my country Iraq", The Intercept reported.

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