[ExSES]

They identified themselves as Iranian intelligence officers? Why would they do this?

Because the Iraqi forces "questioned" them. Their methods are not constrained.....

[Dinger]

I agree that the Iraqis are not constrained and much better at questioning but I find it hard to believe that Iranian MOIS folks wouldn't have been able to throw the iraqis off with such little time to fact check. I have no doubt the Iranians are all over Iraq and I hope we truly snagged some but I'm still a little skeptical.