The CIA suspended the head of Iran operations after employees complained about his abusive management style

The CIA suspended the head of Iran operations after employees complained about his abusive management style, The Los Angeles Times reported Monday according to unnamed officials.

Jonathan Bank, a veteran officer and member of the senior intelligence service, was placed on paid administrative leave after an internal investigation found he had created an abusive an hostile work environment, current and former officials said.

Three former officials in the Iran operations division which coordinates spying on Iran and its nuclear program said that the division was against Bank's management style and many key employees were demanding transfer.

"Iran is one of most important targets, and the place was not functioning," one of the former officials said.

Bank, now 46, was pulled in 2010 out as CIA station chief in Islamabad after that his name was published in newspapers in Pakistan, India and England in connection with a court case.