Ali reza arabnia wikipedia
Ali reza arabnia wikipedia
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Ali-Reza Asgari
Iranian military officer who disappeared in 2007 in Turkey
Ali-Reza Asgari (Persian: علیرضا عسگری, born 1 November 1952) is an Iranian who served as a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,[2] as deputy defense minister, and as a cabinet member of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.[3]
Asgari had been "pushed aside" from his ministerial role after PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former rival, came into power in 2005.[4] Asgari disappeared in Turkey in early 2007, and news reports indicate that he either defected to, or was kidnapped[5] by, Western intelligence agencies.
His disappearance has also led to reports that Iran would retaliate by kidnapping American or Israeli officials in Europe.[6] According to The Sunday Times, Asgari was described as a "gold mine for western intelligence" by an Israeli defence source who claimed that they had been following him since the 1980s.[4]