That made the Iranians and their Shiite allies nervous .
To mount effective operations against the Iranians , Shahwani recruited the chief of the Iran branch of the Saddam Hussein - era Mukhabarat .
That made the Iranians and Iranians ' Shiite allies nervous .
To mount effective operations against the Iranians , Shahwani recruited the chief of the Iran branch of the Saddam Hussein - era Mukhabarat .