DOJ's (@TheJusticeDept) Criminal Report on 2 #IranianRegimeSpies is damning. #Thread highlights via @WashTimes: 1- "Court documents raise the possibility that Tehran’s hard-line Islamic regime is hunting for bombing and assassination targets." #Iran#MEK
2- @WashTimes: "On a wiretap, Mr. Ghorbani, a California resident, is heard singling out an opposing figure for assassination. “M…..F needs one, one shot,” he said. He is scheduled for a detention hearing on Tuesday." #Iran#IranianRegimeSpies#MEK
3- @Washtimes: "European police broke up an alleged #Iran|ian plot to ignite a bomb at an #MEK rally outside Paris this summer.
"Documents show how easily Iranian saboteurs can move in and out of the U.S." #IranianRegimeSpies
4- @WashTimes: "An FBI search of Mr. Doostdar’s electronic devices showed he canvassed a number of targets...
“Doostdar employed intelligence tradecraft & ran surveillance detection routes before, during & after his meetings with Ghorbani,” the FBI said." #IranianRegimeSpies#MEK
5- @WashTimes: "It was Mr. Ghorbani who surveilled #MEK at a NYC rally & photographed individual anti-regime protesters...
“I took some pictures and collected some information of them and some senators that they worked with,” he said. #IranianRegimeSpies#Iran
6- @WashTimes: "Mr. Doostdar instructed him on how to mix his photos w/ family pictures in a flash drive so as to not arouse suspicions of customs agents at airports.
"He said he would take the photos back to #Iran. “I will give it 2 the guys 2 do their research,” he said." #MEK
7- @WashTimes: "When Mr. Doostdar left the U.S. in Dec 2017, authorities inspected his checked luggage and found the rally photographs. The FBI affidavit said he ultimately provided the drive to the Iranian government." #IranianRegimeSpies#Iran#MEK
8- @WashTimes: "Ghorbani left the US for #Iran in March and returned a month later. A luggage search showed he had instructions on future #MEK spying.
"By then, Ghorbani had infiltrated MEK associates as a supposed ally." #IranianRegimeSpies
This could explain Javad Zarif's anxiety:
"It should be noted that on the Internet, especially Telegram, the enemy and especially the [#MEK], have gained complete control… The terminology of regime change is gaining complete control in social media networks." -Tehran Press #Iran
The mullahs have always been fearful of #MEK's connecting to citizens. Here is what @NYTimes wrote in 1996: "Gov officials said the number of banned sites was not available, but they include those with information distributed by opposition groups like the [MEK]..." #CyberSecurity
The @NYTimes continued: ''The brains of the young are very impressionable, so the Mujahedeen Khalq [#MEK] might be able to brainwash people to join them, or they might be able to influence an election,'' said a senior Gov official familiar w/ the Internet project. #CyberSecurity