Passports and security facilities of the dead…the secret passage of the Revolutionary Guard from Lebanon to the world | Herd news

Leaked US intelligence reports have revealed an unprecedented breach of Lebanon’s identity document system, warning of the country’s sovereignty being turned into a “covert security umbrella” for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.

Intelligence reports indicate that known members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have managed to enter international borders and airports using legitimate and real Lebanese passports issued on the basis of the civil records of deceased Lebanese citizens whose records in the Lebanese civil records were deliberately omitted.

The release coincides with US President Donald Trump’s administration imposing strict technological and human controls on air traffic from Rafik Hariri International Airport and the port of Beirut.

The file puts Lebanon’s security services, specifically the General Directorate of Public Security, under the microscope of international sanctions and accountability, suspected of involvement and facilitation by influential elements in favor of Iran and Hezbollah’s agenda.

The sophistication of alternative identities

Western sources who spoke to Erm News reveal the background of the data on which US intelligence agencies relied on the information they obtained, as it became clear that the method used does not rely on traditional paper forgery, but on what is known in intelligence as the falsification of legal records.

According to the same sources, this mechanism culminates in the use of deliberate administrative loopholes in civil registries, especially in the incubation environment of Hezbollah, where the deaths of some people are deliberately not reported and subsequently applications for modern biometric IDs and passports are submitted based on real data, but with a biometric fingerprint or biometric image. Associated with the Revolutionary Guard.

Western sources confirm that this complex method makes it very difficult for regular airport audit systems around the world to detect the breach, given that the passport is issued by an official authority, has a valid serial number and is listed in a Lebanese government database.

Sources indicate that this method was widely used to facilitate the movement of Iranian aircraft experts and military technicians in Lebanon to strengthen the southern front, or to facilitate the movement of Lebanese nationals under the cover of Lebanese nationals.

Beirut Sovereign Crossings

American warnings are no longer limited to political statements, but have recently evolved into special surveillance measures.

Western sources report that Washington has informed Lebanese officials that it has evidence indicating that members of Lebanon’s general security at Beirut Airport and Port Lebanon are providing direct logistical support to Hezbollah, including bypassing checks on Iranian diplomatic bags and facilitating the entry and exit of suspicious individuals on a single platform without stamping their passports.

Iranian civilian planes recently underwent a thorough and special inspection at Beirut airport based on information that contradicted Western warnings, and the inspection included the personal bags of Iranian diplomats.

American circles believe that Hezbollah’s informal field control over the vital facilities of the Lebanese state threatens the security of international navigation and makes these facilities a direct circumvention of the sanctions imposed on Tehran.

Institutional penetration

Commenting on US intelligence reports, political analyst Yassin al-Dawishi said the issuance of a Lebanese passport containing the data of a dead person and a photograph of another living person could not technically pass unless there was a web of internal collusion extending from city mayors to employees responsible for entering vital data into public security.

He stated in a statement to Erm News that the modern biometric passport system is designed to prevent forgery, but it cannot detect if the data initially entered is real and not fake, stressing that this undermines the credibility of Lebanese documents at the international level and threatens to blacklist Lebanese passports for world airport super-specialists.

He believes that the timing of this disclosure carries crucial political messages for Beirut, as the current Trump administration pursues a zero-tolerance policy on Iranian influence in the region, given that this intelligence leak serves as a final message to the Lebanese government that the international cover may be removed from its security institutions if it does not immediately take its initiative to liberate the side.

Lebanon’s official position

Lebanon’s General Directorate of Public Security quickly issued a statement fully denying allegations of complicity in the issuance of fake passports, stressing that its digital control systems are subject to the highest international security standards and that any talk of invalid passports are pure rumors aimed at undermining Lebanon’s security.

However, Lebanese judicial sources, who declined to be named, indicated that previous behind-the-scenes investigations had already revealed incidents and cases of documents being issued based on false identity cards, and that brokers and a small employee were arrested at the time, reflecting the existence of real loopholes.

Expected scenarios

Amid American insistence on tightening the noose on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard corridors, direct sanctions are expected to be imposed on some Lebanese public security officers and officials suspected of complicity, leading to the isolation of individuals within the security system and increased visa requirements for Lebanon abroad.

This parallels the possibility of setting up international or joint management of the ports in response to the American demand that the Beirut airport and port be placed under the supervision of international forces or technological control to protect navigation, which is an additional wound on the official sovereignty of Lebanon and a sharp political confrontation between the government and the opposition, on the one hand, and Hezbollah.

As for the reform path to solve the crisis, it is represented by a comprehensive shift to digital identity if the Lebanese state complies with international demands for a radical reform of the civil registry and adopts a new generation of automotive audits linked to live records.

In any case, Lebanon is facing a crucial moment that is most dangerous in terms of its sovereign security. Conflict is no longer confined to land borders or military arsenals, but has moved deep into the formal administrative divisions that confer legal legitimacy on individuals.

The proven use of Lebanese passports by the Revolutionary Guards exposes state institutions and presents them with two options that the third lacks: either immediately take the initiative to purge and purge civil society and public security units from incursions, or face the severe economic and diplomatic consequences of comprehensive international isolation that could begin from their air and sea crossings.