Afghanistan, May 21 -- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has reportedly adopted concealment tactics similar to those used by Osama bin Laden, according to a counterterrorism analyst interviewed by Fox News.
Counterterrorism expert Omar Mohammed said Iran's leadership appears to have embraced the "Abbottabad lesson"; relying on isolation, restricted communications and heavily protected compounds to avoid detection. He compared the approach to bin Laden's years in hiding in Abbottabad.
Mohammed said bin Laden survived for years by avoiding electronic communication and depending on trusted couriers, adding that Tehran may now see fortified military compounds and underground facilities near Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites as the ...