{"id":228442,"date":"2020-10-24T12:05:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=228442"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:37:44","slug":"u-s-sanctions-iraj-masjedi-irans-secret-governor-of-iraq-time-to-shut-down-mullahs-embassies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/u-s-sanctions-iraj-masjedi-irans-secret-governor-of-iraq-time-to-shut-down-mullahs-embassies\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sanctions Iraj Masjedi \u201cIran\u2019s Secret Governor of Iraq;\u201d Time To Shut Down Mullahs\u2019 Embassies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228446\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iraj_masjedi_Iran_IRGC_24102020\" class=\"size-full wp-image-228446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_masjedi_Iran_IRGC_24102020.jpg\" alt=\"Iraj Masjedi in IRGC uniform\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_masjedi_Iran_IRGC_24102020.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_masjedi_Iran_IRGC_24102020-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_masjedi_Iran_IRGC_24102020-696x390.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iraj Masjedi in IRGC uniform<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On October 22, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian regime\u2019s ambassador to Iraq, also known as Iran\u2019s \u201csecret governor of Iraq.\u201d The designation of Masjedi once again underlines how the mullahs\u2019 regime uses its embassies for terrorism. Thus, it is imperative to close all the regime\u2019s embassies and expel its diplomat-terrorists, particularly in Iraq, where Masjedi operates as the regime ambassador, implementing the regime\u2019s warmongering policies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today&#39;s designation of Iraj Masjedi is a stark reminder that the United States will continue to disrupt the IRGC-QF\u2019s attempts to threaten the security, sovereignty, and prosperity of Iraq and its people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eggrnf6VA1\">https:\/\/t.co\/eggrnf6VA1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWOlBSypvt\">https:\/\/t.co\/cWOlBSypvt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statedeptspox\/status\/1319400746840936449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iraj Masjedi, a general in Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC-QF<\/a>) and Iran\u2019s Ambassador to Iraq, for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF. A close adviser to former IRGC-QF Commander <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a>, Masjedi played a formative role in the IRGC-QF\u2019s Iraq policy. In his decades of service with the group, Masjedi has overseen a program of training and support to Iraqi militia groups, and he has directed or supported groups that are responsible for attacks that have killed and wounded U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. In his current capacity, Masjedi has exploited his position as the Iranian regime\u2019s ambassador in Iraq to obfuscate financial transfers conducted for the benefit of the IRGC-QF,\u201d read the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/united-states-designates-senior-iranian-official-in-iraq\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Treasury\u2019s statement<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian regime threatens Iraq\u2019s security and sovereignty by appointing IRGC-QF officials as ambassadors in the region to carry out their destabilizing foreign agenda,\u201d said Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. \u201cThe United States will continue to employ the tools and authorities at its disposal to target the Iranian regime and IRGC-QF officials that attempt to meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations, including any attempts to influence U.S. elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Iraj Masjedi, Iran\u2019s secret governor of Iraq<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228444\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Iraj_Majlesi_Iraq_terrorism_24102020\" class=\"wp-image-228444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_Majlesi_Iraq_terrorism_24102020.jpeg\" alt=\"Iraj Masjedi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi, Secretary General of the Islamic Resistance Movement &quot;Nujaba&quot; of Iraq - June 25, 2018\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_Majlesi_Iraq_terrorism_24102020.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Iraj_Majlesi_Iraq_terrorism_24102020-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iraj Masjedi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with Sheikh Akram Al-Kaabi, Secretary General of the Islamic Resistance Movement &#8220;Nujaba&#8221; of Iraq &#8211; June 25, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/brigadier-general-iraj-masjedi-khamenei-s-secret-governor-of-iraq-suppresses-popular-uprising-in-the-guise-of-iranian-ambassador\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exclusive report<\/a> on November 15, 2019, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NCRI<\/a>) revealed how Masjedi uses his diplomatic cover to implement the mullahs\u2019 warmongering polices in Iraq. This report shed light on how the Revolutionary Guards (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>) Brigadier General, and top commander of the IRGC Quds Force, acts as the regime\u2019s \u201cSecret governor of Iraq.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the NCRI wrote in its report: \u201cBefore his appointment as the Iranian regime\u2019s ambassador in Iraq, state-run media outlets presented Iraj Masjedi as the senior advisor to Qassem Soleimani. Masjedi participated in the memorials of the IRGC forces killed in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn December 15, 2018, Iraj Masjedi participated in the Iraqi National Assembly and when the chairman of the session asked the participants to rise in respect of the Iraqi martyrs, Masjedi left the parliament. Many Iraqi media outlets described Masjedi\u2019s departure as offensive to the Iraqi people,\u201d the NCRI added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMasjedi had secretly gone to Iraqi cities such as Baghdad, Nasiriyah, Basra, Najaf, and Karbala and met with the Quds Force\u2019s Iraqi agents, including Hadi Ameri, Abu-Mehdi Al-Mohandess, Hashem-al Moussavi, Abu Bilal Adib, Hassan-al Sari and another leader of Iran-backed Shiite groups. Through them, Masjedi carried out the regime\u2019s interventionist policies and expanded its influence in Iraq,\u201d read the report.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Masjedi\u2019s role in oppressing Iraqi people\u2019s uprising<\/h3>\n<p>Since last October, the people of Iraq started nationwide protests. Their core demand has been expulsion of the Iranian regime and its paid agents, who control top positions in Iraq, as well as all the terrorist forces of the IRGC. The Popular Mobilization Forces, created by the Iranian regime under the pretext of fighting the Islamic State, have attacked and assassinated many Iraqi protesters since October 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, the NCRI\u2019s exclusive report added: \u201cDuring the time of Masjedi\u2019s appointment as the Iranian regime\u2019s ambassador to Iraq, many Iraqi political movements and Arab countries in the Persian Gulf called Masjedi as a war criminal. Yet Falih Alfayyadh, the Iraqi government\u2019s National Security advisor, said the Iraqi government agreed with the appointment of Masjedi as ambassador because he \u2018participated in the creation of the PMF.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Masjedi\u2019s crimes against the people of Iraq are not limited to his time as the regime\u2019s ambassador to Iraq. \u201cAfter Nouri-al Maleki attacked the people\u2019s sit-ins in Al-Anbar province in Iraq in 2014, Masjedi, along with other commanders of the Quds Forces entered Iraq and carried out their oppressive plans to slaughter or relocate Sunni residents of this province. In this regard, Hassan Danai-Far, then the regime\u2019s ambassador to Iraq and a Quds Force officer, worked under Masjedi\u2019s supervision,\u201d read NCRI\u2019s report in this regard.<\/p>\n<h3>The solution: Shut down Iran\u2019s embassies of terror<\/h3>\n<p>The blacklisting of Masjedi comes in the wake of the trial of another of the regime\u2019s diplomat-terrorists, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iranian-diplomat-and-three-accomplices-on-trial-for-planned-bombing-of-a-massive-rally-in-paris\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>, who was arrested in 2018 with three other terrorists in Europe. They were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kyhYBQEiw5E\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trying to bomb<\/a> the NCRI\u2019s annual \u201cFree Iran\u201d gathering. Like Masjedi, Assadi used his diplomatic cover to transfer explosives to Europe and hand it over to his accomplices.<\/p>\n<p>According to the People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), he also did a stint as the third secretary in the Iranian regime\u2019s embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, where <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/german-court-orders-the-extradition-iranian-terrorist-diplomat\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he was actively involved<\/a> in the Iranian regime\u2019s terrorist plots against the MEK and coalition forces.<\/p>\n<p>Recently international media outlets revealed Assadi <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/assadollah-assadi-iran-terrorism-europe-ncri-20201010\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has threatened<\/a> Belgian authorities with terrorist attacks by the regime\u2019s proxy groups should he be convicted. Many such groups operate in Iraq and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Assadi\u2019s threats and his trial coupled with the recent sanctioning of Masjedi once again show how the mullahs\u2019 regime uses its embassies as emissaries of terror and espionage. It also highlights the need for the international community to take an immediate firm action and close all the regime\u2019s embassies in the region and Europe and expel all the regime\u2019s agents. This is the only answer to the regime\u2019s organized terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 22, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Iraj Masjedi, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s ambassador to Iraq, also known as Iran&rsquo;s &ldquo;secret governor of Iraq.&rdquo; The designation of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":228446,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,19],"tags":[273,287],"class_list":["post-228442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","tag-assadollah-assadi","tag-iran-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Sanctions Iraj Masjedi \u201cIran\u2019s Secret Governor of Iraq;\u201d Time To Shut Down Mullahs\u2019 Embassies - 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