The Iranian intelligence agency has discovered the most important spy of the British intelligence agency MI6 in Iran, which is the former deputy defense minister of Iran Ali Reza Asgari.
Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Ali-Reza Akgari, also known as the founder of the “Iran Center for Strategic Studies”, was previously arrested on espionage charges. This was announced in the official statement of the Ministry of Information and Communications of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
According to the investigation allegation, Ali-Reza Akgari worked for the British intelligence agency MI6 for a long time. Akgari is considered one of the most important British intelligence officers in Iran, if not the “most key agent”.
While in office, Akgari received many important information from Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, who previously worked with him in the Ministry of Defense of the country.
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Photo: Mr. Ali Reza Asgari when he was still the Deputy Minister of Defense of Iran. |
Thanks to his position as deputy defense minister, Ali-Reza Akgari had access to the most secret information regarding the military and political activities of the Iranian state, and Akgari passed it on to intelligence agents. Brother MI-6.
For a long time, Iranian intelligence agencies have been trying to identify a British spy in the top leadership of the Iranian armed forces. They finally tracked down Akgari.
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Photo: Mr. Ali Reza Asgari today. |
Former Deputy Defense Minister Ali Reza Asgari, who once commanded the Iranian Republican Guard, defected from Iran and cooperated with Western intelligence, providing information regarding Hezbollah and Iran’s shady ties to the organization. this position.
Asgari began to go missing during a trip to Turkey on March 7, 2007; Iranian officials later said that Asgari was “cold caught” by the US intelligence agency CIA and Israeli intelligence Mossad.
It is also reported that Mr. Asgari is one of the founders of the armed organization Hezbollah; He served in the Iranian cabinet from the time of President Mohammad Khatami until early 2005.
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Mr. Akgari is said to know many secret relationships between Iran and the terrorist organization Hezbollah. |
Akgari was lured back to Iran by Iranian intelligence services “at the request” of one of the Iranian diplomats in 2019, and the former deputy defense minister was arrested by Iranian agents as soon as he arrived at the airport.
Akgari is currently in solitary confinement awaiting execution. Reportedly, Iran’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal.