Aimen Dean (Arabic: ایمن دین; born 1978) is a former member [1] of al-Qaeda. In 1998, he was recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service and became an MI6 spy. [2] Dean was born in Saudi Arabia. [3] . By the age of 12, he had memorised the Quran (thereby becoming a Hafiz).

据英国《卫报》2022年8月21日报道，前“基地”组织成员、后成为“西方最重要间谍之一”的艾门·迪恩（Aimen Dean）指控英国一所顶尖私立学校歧视其女儿，因为其他家长担心他是一个安全隐患，害怕针对他的暗杀事件可能发生在学校。

2015年3月3日 · Aimen Dean was an early member of al-Qaeda, who changed tack in 1998 and became a spy for Britain's security and intelligence services, MI5 and MI6. Interviewed by Peter Marshall,...

2018年6月17日 · Dean, a Saudi national who went to Bosnia to fight for al Qaeda at age 16, was an expert in weapons of mass destruction as well as the terror group's complicated hierarchy. He writes in "Nine...

2018年8月6日 · In 1999, four years after taking up jihad, the man now known as Aimen Dean had seen enough. What had begun as saving Muslims from persecution in Bosnia had morphed into being part of...

2018年6月16日 · Aimen Dean was considered a loyal member of al-Qaida. He trained with the organization's chief bomb-maker. But unbeknownst to those around him, Aimen Dean became disillusioned by calls for...

2018年5月23日 · As a secret agent at the heart of al Qaeda’s chemical weapons program, Dean provided critical intelligence. He also foiled attacks on civilians and saved many lives.

Aimen Dean, born Ali Al-Duranni, was MI6’s spy inside Al Qaeda from 1998 to 2006. In this episode I do a critical view of his autobiography Nine Lives: My Time as MI6’s Top Spy Inside Al Qaeda, and how Dean’s story connects to other people and events explored in this series.

S tanding outside Finsbury Park Mosque, Aimen Dean seems uneasy, and with good reason: the last time he came here, he was a spy gathering information on Islamic extremists. A former member of al-Qaeda, he betrayed the terror group to become an informant for British intelligence.

Nine Lives by Aimen Dean with Paul Cruickshank and Tim Lister is a memoir that recounts the author's experiences as a former al-Qaeda member turned MI6 spy. It provides insight into the operations, ideology, and mindset of the terrorist group, as well as the dangers and challenges of intelligence work.