Sima Shine
Former Mossad research chief and Ministry of Strategic Affairs official; INSS Iran researcher
| Sima Shine
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|---|---|
| Image |  Shine in 2025 (photo: דוד שי, CC BY-SA 4.0) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Occupation | Senior Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies |
| Known for | Head of the Mossad Research and Evaluation Division (2003–2007); Iran file at the Ministry of Strategic Affairs |
Sima Shine is a former Israeli intelligence official. She is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and a former director of its Iran programme.[1]
Career
INSS gives her posts as head of the Mossad Research and Evaluation Division (2003–2007) and deputy head for strategic affairs at the National Security Council (2008–2009). From 2009 she worked at the Ministry of Strategic Affairs, where she was responsible for the Iranian file and served as deputy director-general.[1] The English profile dates the ministry post to 2009–2016, while the Hebrew profile gives 2009–2015.[2]
| Organisation | Post | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Mossad | Head, Research and Evaluation Division | 2003–2007 |
| National Security Council | Deputy Head for Strategic Affairs | 2008–2009 |
| Ministry of Strategic Affairs | Iranian file; deputy director-general | 2009–2016 (Hebrew profile: 2009–2015) |
| Institute for National Security Studies | Director, Iran programme; then Senior Researcher |
In leaked INSS emails
Emails and documents attributed to INSS were released by the hacking group Handala, which is believed to have ties to Iranian intelligence, and published by Distributed Denial of Secrets. According to them, in August 2025 Shine and Danny Citrinowicz met officials of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and the private intelligence firm Maisha Group about a ministry-funded "soft power" project targeting Iranian-linked networks in Europe. A ministry official was to present the project to the ministry's director-general, Avi Cohen-Scali, "to obtain approval in principle on the money". The approval meeting was postponed to 30 September 2025, and no outcome appears in the set (Handala files 17471, 17523, 17525). The same set records that in July 2025 the ministry's research division sent Shine a report on "Shi'ite influencers" in the United States (files 17869 and 0925).[3] The material has not been independently verified and may have been altered.
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institute for National Security Studies, Sima Shine INSS, accessed 22 October 2026. INSS-side.
- ↑ Institute for National Security Studies, סימה שין INSS (Hebrew), accessed 22 October 2026. INSS-side.
- ↑ Distributed Denial of Secrets, Raz Zimmt emails DDoSecrets, 13 March 2026, accessed 22 October 2026.