{"id":307234,"date":"2023-05-11T20:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=307234"},"modified":"2025-09-20T16:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T15:53:40","slug":"secret-deals-and-hostage-games-leaked-documents-unveil-irans-attempts-to-free-assadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/demonization-documents-statements\/secret-deals-and-hostage-games-leaked-documents-unveil-irans-attempts-to-free-assadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Deals and Hostage Games: Leaked Documents Unveil Iran\u2019s Attempts to Free Assadi\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-251239\" title=\"Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435-1.jpg\" alt=\"Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Impacts-of-Iranian-Diplomat-Assadollah-Assadis-Trial-696x435-1-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian dissidents launched an audacious assault, <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/iranian-dissidents-disrupt-over-210-regime-foreign-ministry-websites-and-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wresting control of 210<\/a> websites, software apps, servers, and data banks from the oppressive Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The group, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghiamsarnegouni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghiam ta Sarnegouni<\/a> (uprising until regime overthrow), published thousands of documents, including those related to Assadollah Assadi, one of the regime\u2019s diplomat terrorists who is serving prison time in Belgium.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Arrested for masterminding a foiled plot to bomb the Iranian opposition\u2019s \u201cFree Iran Summit\u201d in 2018 in Paris, Assadi and his three accomplices have been sentenced to heavy prison sentences. The documents revealed during the recent takedown of the MFA\u2019s website show that Assadi\u2019s release has been one of Tehran\u2019s top diplomatic issues. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A top Diplomatic Priority<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">According to one of these documents, \u201cThe subject of the arrest and cruel trial of our country&#8217;s diplomat, Mr. Assadi, has been a very high priority in the follow-up agenda of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and regional offices from the beginning.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The document reads that \u201cthe matter of Mr. Assadi is within the scope of the duties and responsibilities of the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all the related movements and activities after the arrest of Mr. Assadi were managed and directed by that Ministry, and the record of all actions taken is also there.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But due to Assadi\u2019s ties with the regime\u2019s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), the record of the MFA\u2019s all actions \u201cis at the disposal of the Ministry of Intelligence, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with the Ministry of Intelligence, has used all its capacities to consult and help manage the issue of Mr. Assadi.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/terrorism?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#terrorism<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AssadollahAssadi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AssadollahAssadi<\/a><br \/>Iran\u2019s Terrorist-Diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, Led a Large <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Espionage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Espionage<\/a> &amp; Terrorism Network in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TiZQEiTMCJ\">pic.twitter.com\/TiZQEiTMCJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1355263197100597264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MFA\u2019s leaked documents show that the dilemma was a high-stakes concern at the highest echelons of power within the regime. The classified papers speak of the creation of a \u201cspecial working group in the General Directorate of Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u201d This working group presents its solutions and reports to the regime\u2019s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and his office. \u201cThis working group has so far produced several reports and sent them to the office of the Supreme Leader, the heads of the three branches, and the Supreme National Security Council,\u201d the report states. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) President-elect, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, testified during the regime\u2019s diplomat-terrorist trial as the primary target of his foiled attempts, Assadi was acting on the order issued by the regime\u2019s top officials. This fact was later confirmed by the court, describing the 2018 terrorist attempt as an act of \u201cstate terrorism.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A terrorist state seeking the comfort of its agent<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The documents obtained by the Iranian dissidents also indicate how Tehran put an extraordinary effort to ensure Assadi\u2019s welfare in Belgium prison. Were these measures intended to help him not to lose morale in an already lost case since he was caught red-handed? No matter what the answer, the terrorist regime ruling Iran was very much worried about Assadi\u2019s demands, squandering thousands of euros. This is while at the same time, millions of Iranians were desperate to make a living. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The documents suggest that MFA ordered \u201cregular weekly consular meetings in Germany and Belgium with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2021\/02\/02\/iranian-terror-suspect-is-belgian-jail-is-top-spy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mr. Assadi<\/a>, ambassadors, mission advisers, security experts of our country&#8217;s representation.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The top priority of the regime\u2019s Foreign Ministry was to ensure \u201cAssadi &#8216;s phone call with his family, as well as solving the heating problem of disconnecting the heating system of his cell.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On September 11, 2020, the regime\u2019s counselor and his deputy met with Assadi\u2019s lawyer, giving him \u201c15,000 euros and receiving a receipt.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, the regime knew that \u201cThere is no way to reopen Mr. Assadi&#8217;s case. Maybe he can be released after serving half of his sentence.\u201d The document also adds that \u201cThe finalization of Mr. Assadi\u2019s 20-year sentence does not legally affect his condition and detention regime, but practically, changes may be made.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fa\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0642\u062f\u0627\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0635\u0648\u0631\u062a \u06af\u0631\u0641\u062a\u0647 \u062f\u0631 \u062e\u0635\u0648\u0635 \u067e\u0631\u0648\u0646\u062f\u0647 \u0622\u0642\u0627\u06cc \u0627\u0633\u062f\u06cc 25-4-1401<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0646\u0647_\u0633\u0644\u0637\u0646\u062a_\u0646\u0647_\u0631\u0647\u0628\u0631\u06cc_\u062f\u0645\u06a9\u0631\u0627\u0633\u06cc_\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0628\u0631\u06cc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u062f\u0631\u0648\u062f_\u0628\u0631_\u0631\u062c\u0648\u06cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jop1E21sBF\">pic.twitter.com\/Jop1E21sBF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ghiam Sarnegouni (@GhiamSarnegouni) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhiamSarnegouni\/status\/1655620391270850561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A dirty deal\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The possible release of Assadi in the framework of a prisoners-swap deal between Belgium and Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy has made headlines in recent months.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The documents reveal that Tehran was zealously pursuing to conclude an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-belgium-treaty-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u201cagreement on the transfer<\/a> of prisoners between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Kingdom of Belgium.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The MFA outlines several steps, including \u201cSending the draft of the Belgian side (the subject of the note dated October 22, 2020, from the Belgian Embassy in Tehran to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of our country) to the domestic legal authorities in November 2020 &#8211;<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Presenting the final version proposed by our country to the Belgian side on 31.05.2021 and finally the Belgian side agreed with the final text.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Iranian regime has coerced the Belgian government to accept this deal by resorting to its hostage-taking method. Tehran now offers to exchange Assadi with an innocent Belgian aid worker, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.demorgen.be\/nieuws\/eerst-deal-gevangenenruil-daarna-pas-arrestatie-vandecasteele-iraanse-oppositie-lekt-geheime-documenten~bb9b09a6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivier Vandecasteele<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet, the leaked documents reveal that the regime used Vandecasteele\u2019s arrest as a tool to strengthen its hand in negotiations. According to a report by the Belgian DeMorgen news website based on the released documents, the cabinet of Vincent Van Quickenborne was originally focusing its negotiations with Iran\u2019s regime on the release of Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish-Iranian dual national who teaches in Belgium. Djalali was arrested in Iran and was sentenced to death under bogus charges. After the initial agreement in 2021 and before the deal was finalized on March 11, 2022, the regime arrested Vandecasteele. A sham trial ensued, culminating in an egregious sentence of 40 years imprisonment, 74 lashes, and an exorbitant $1 million fine. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The leaked documents lay bare the regime&#8217;s calculated ploy, holding Vandecasteele hostage as a pawn in their malevolent game, specifically crafted for Assadi&#8217;s benefit.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s demonization campaign revealed<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The documents obtained by Ghyiam ta Sarnegouni indicate how Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy tried to systematically demonize the NCRI and its main constituent group, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a>, or as the regime calls it, using a derogatory term, the Monafeqin (hypocrites.) \u00a0One of the MFA\u2019s documents speaks of a \u201cMeeting of the deputy and counselor of the representation with the reporter of the widely published newspaper \u2018La Libre\u2019 on 07\/23\/2020, in order to conduct a media briefing on emphasizing Mr. Assadi&#8217;s political immunity and highlighting the terrorist nature of the Monafeqin group.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;We have witnessed a strange and dubious campaign orchestrated over the past few weeks against the most active <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> opposition movement over the past 40 years, namely the NCRI and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a>,&quot; reports <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isjcommittee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@isjcommittee<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranRevoIution2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranRevoIution2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m6hgV9KSJg\">https:\/\/t.co\/m6hgV9KSJg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1602350064738783232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tehran desperately tried to demonize the MEK using its contacts at a well-known Belgian media outlet as a part of its smoke and mirror plan to cover up Assadi\u2019s intention to carry out the largest would-be terrorist plot in Europe and the regime\u2019s decades of crimes and terrorism. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the past four decades, the clerical regime has tried to demonize its main opposition group using various methods. Tehran has been using a network of so-called \u201cfriendly journalists\u201d abroad to parrot its talking points against the MEK. Repeating those worn-out allegations allows the regime to freely oppress Iranians affiliated with the MEK and justify its terrorist activities against Iranian dissidents abroad.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Exposed in a shocking revelation during an interview with a television station funded by the Iranian regime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/who-are-the-five-iranian-officials-implicated-by-the-interpol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Fallahian<\/a>, the former intelligence minister involved in the heinous AMIA bombing that claimed 85 lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on July 18, 1994, brazenly unveiled the presence of covert Iranian intelligence agents operating clandestinely across various nations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe ministry needs cover for its works to collect information both inside the country and outside. It is obvious that we don\u2019t send an agent to Germany or America and, for example, say, ok, I am an agent of the information ministry, and I am here to collect information; please give that to me. Obviously, he would work under the cover of business or other jobs, including reporters. You know many of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-using-journalist-cover-by-mullahs-ministry-of-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our reporters<\/a> are actually ministry agents,\u201d Falahian said.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is noteworthy to underscore the significant focus exerted by the regime on &#8220;emphasizing the terrorist nature of the Monafeqin group,&#8221; as revealed in the leaked documents. The purpose behind this emphasis is to strategically harness public opinion and exploit the media to validate the purported prisoner swap. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paradoxically, this approach employed by the regime stands in stark contrast to the legitimization of its own crimes and serves as a catalyst for perpetuating the Western appeasement policy towards Tehran. The regime&#8217;s endeavor to tarnish the reputation of the MEK through a campaign of slander epitomizes a strategy employed to shape public perception and manipulate international dynamics, thereby perpetuating its own hold on power.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another tell-tale sign which shines light on the reality is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@facebook<\/a> citing reports based on allegations of defectors currently on the mullahs&#39; payroll<br \/>A former MOIS operative residing in Albania has attested to being paid for these interviews to UNSG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5qAP4avd6\">https:\/\/t.co\/y5qAP4avd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zolal Habibi \uea00 (@Ashrafi4ever) <a 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