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*** 4-Oct-18 World View -- Iran diplomats and sleeper cells arrested in France and across Europe
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Iran diplomats and sleeper cells arrested in France and across Europe
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Gouasmi Yahia ®, founder of the Zahra Center France religious association, speaks to reporters after his offices were raided by police on Tuesday (AFP)
On Monday, a German court agreed to extradite Assadollah Assadi, an
Iranian diplomatic, who is accused accused of handing a bomb to the
attackers who were planning a June 30 bombing of a meeting near Paris
of an anti-Iran regime group, the MEK. Although Assadi is based in
Vienna Austria, his actions took place while he was on vacation in
Germany, so the German court stripped him of his diplomatic immunity,
and allowed him to be extradited to Belgium.
Assadi is an Iranian diplomat and intelligence agent. He is accused
of meeting a Belgian husband and wife sleeper cell in Luxembourg,
where he handed them the explosives. The explosives were discovered
in Beligum by Belgian police when they stopped a Mercedes car driven
by the Antwerp-based Iranian couple and found the explosives hidden
inside a toiletries bag. The police took the husband and wife team
into custody, and requested extradition of Assadi from Germany.
The planned target of the June 30 attack was in Villepinte, northeast
of Paris, and another man, accused of being an accomplice, was
arrested in Paris on Monday.
France also seized assets in Paris belonging to Tehran's
intelligence services and the Iranian husband and wife arrested
in Belgium.
A French official said that Iran's deputy minister and director
general of intelligence, Saeid Hashemi Moghadam, had ordered the
attack and Assadollah Asadi, who is still in Germany to be extradicted
to Belgium, had masterminded the plot. According to the official:
<QUOTE>"Behind all this was a long, meticulous and detailed
investigation by our (intelligence) services that enabled us to
reach the conclusion, without any doubt, that responsibility fell
on the Iranian intelligence ministry."<END QUOTE>
However, after Belgium announced on June 30 that they had
foiled the Iranian bombing operation, Iran's foreign minister
Javad Zarif tweeted the following:
<QUOTE>"How convenient. Just as we embark on a presidential
visit to Europe, an alleged Iranian operation and its "plotters"
arrested. Iran unequivocally condemns all violence & terror
anywhere, and is ready to work with all concerned to uncover what
is a sinister false flag ploy. 3:57 PM, Jul 2 2018"<END QUOTE>
Zarav and the Iranians have continued to deny any connection to the
June 30 plot, but Monday's arrests indicate that police in France,
Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg now believe that they've connected the
dots to prove the Iranian terror plot.
On Tuesday, the French government issued the following statement:
<QUOTE>"An attack attempt was foiled in Villepinte [near
Paris] on June 30. This act of extreme severity planned on our
soil could not remain without response. By an October 2, 2018
order from the Minister of State, the Minister of the Interior,
and the Minister of Economy and Finance... France has taken ...
preventative measures by freezing the assets of Iranian nationals
Assadollah Asadi and [Iranian deputy minister of Intelligence in
charge of operations] Saeid Hashemi Moghadam, as well as of the
Directorate of Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry of
Intelligence. In taking this decision, France reiterates its
determination to fight terrorism, especially on its own
soil."<END QUOTE>
On Tuesday, French police raided the al-Zhara mosque in the small town
of Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk in northern France. Police had been
monitoring the activities of the mosque, especially its leader, Yahia
Gouasmi, who is known for anti-Zionist views and ties to Iran,
Hezbollah and Hamas. However, it's not clear whether this arrest is
also related to the June 30 bombing attempt.
This series of arrests across Europe is going to bring Iran-EU
relations, especially Iran-France relations, to a new low. This is
highly significant at a time when Iran is begging the Europeans to
find a way around the US sanctions on Iran that the Trump
administration imposed after withdrawing from the nuclear agreement.
BBC and
The National (UAE) and Deutsche Welle and Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
****
**** Iran blamed on the foiled June 30 attack on anti-Iran MEK group
****
The foiled June 30 attack was targeting a meeting of the National
Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is the political arm of
the dissident group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI /
Mujahideen-el-Khalq, MEK), which Iran says is a terrorist organization
-- as did the US State Department from 1997 to 2012.
The MEK was formed in the 1960s to overthrow the Shah of Iran. As I
described in my new book, Iran's Struggle for Supremacy: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East, the MEK helped Ruhollah Khomeini
overthrow the Shah in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but then turned
against Khomeini because he was worse than the Shah.
In July 1988, Khomeini's ordered the massacre of tens of thousands of
political prisoners and political enemies, especially those in the
MEK. He issued this decree:
<QUOTE>"Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the PMOI
must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately!
...Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain
steadfast in their support for PMOI are waging war on God and are
condemned to execution. ... It is naive to show mercy to those who
wage war on God."<END QUOTE>
It's laughable for Khomeini to compare himself to God. I described in
my book how he did this -- modifying Shia Islam theology by naming
himself to the be modern version of Shia Islam's infallible Imams.
However, the infallible Imam Khomeini used his power to conduct
torture, rape, multilation and slaughter of his political enemies,
including members of the MEK.
In my article on the December protests in Iran,
I listed about 20 of the protests that were being
chanted, many of them quite vicious. These chants were collected and
publicized by MEK activists.
The MEK has remained an anti-government protest organization, and it's
not at all surprising that Iran would sponsor explosions and other
terror attacks on the MEK in Paris and elsewhere. The MEK has been
extremely effect in exposing the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime, and
in encouraging anti-government protests within Iran. Al-Jazeera and AFP and Washington Examiner and Euro News
John J. Xenakis is author of the book, Iran's Struggle for
Supremacy: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle
East, available on Amazon for $5 for the digital version or $7 for the paperback version.
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg,
Iran, Javad Zarif, Assadollah Assadi, Saeid Hashemi Moghadam,
Villepinte, Paris,
Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, Zahra Center France, Yahia Gouasmi,
National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI,
People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI,
Mujahideen-el-Khalq, MEK, Ruhollah Khomeini
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Iran diplomats and sleeper cells arrested in France and across Europe
- Iran blamed on the foiled June 30 attack on anti-Iran MEK group
****
**** Iran diplomats and sleeper cells arrested in France and across Europe
****
Gouasmi Yahia ®, founder of the Zahra Center France religious association, speaks to reporters after his offices were raided by police on Tuesday (AFP)
On Monday, a German court agreed to extradite Assadollah Assadi, an
Iranian diplomatic, who is accused accused of handing a bomb to the
attackers who were planning a June 30 bombing of a meeting near Paris
of an anti-Iran regime group, the MEK. Although Assadi is based in
Vienna Austria, his actions took place while he was on vacation in
Germany, so the German court stripped him of his diplomatic immunity,
and allowed him to be extradited to Belgium.
Assadi is an Iranian diplomat and intelligence agent. He is accused
of meeting a Belgian husband and wife sleeper cell in Luxembourg,
where he handed them the explosives. The explosives were discovered
in Beligum by Belgian police when they stopped a Mercedes car driven
by the Antwerp-based Iranian couple and found the explosives hidden
inside a toiletries bag. The police took the husband and wife team
into custody, and requested extradition of Assadi from Germany.
The planned target of the June 30 attack was in Villepinte, northeast
of Paris, and another man, accused of being an accomplice, was
arrested in Paris on Monday.
France also seized assets in Paris belonging to Tehran's
intelligence services and the Iranian husband and wife arrested
in Belgium.
A French official said that Iran's deputy minister and director
general of intelligence, Saeid Hashemi Moghadam, had ordered the
attack and Assadollah Asadi, who is still in Germany to be extradicted
to Belgium, had masterminded the plot. According to the official:
<QUOTE>"Behind all this was a long, meticulous and detailed
investigation by our (intelligence) services that enabled us to
reach the conclusion, without any doubt, that responsibility fell
on the Iranian intelligence ministry."<END QUOTE>
However, after Belgium announced on June 30 that they had
foiled the Iranian bombing operation, Iran's foreign minister
Javad Zarif tweeted the following:
<QUOTE>"How convenient. Just as we embark on a presidential
visit to Europe, an alleged Iranian operation and its "plotters"
arrested. Iran unequivocally condemns all violence & terror
anywhere, and is ready to work with all concerned to uncover what
is a sinister false flag ploy. 3:57 PM, Jul 2 2018"<END QUOTE>
Zarav and the Iranians have continued to deny any connection to the
June 30 plot, but Monday's arrests indicate that police in France,
Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg now believe that they've connected the
dots to prove the Iranian terror plot.
On Tuesday, the French government issued the following statement:
<QUOTE>"An attack attempt was foiled in Villepinte [near
Paris] on June 30. This act of extreme severity planned on our
soil could not remain without response. By an October 2, 2018
order from the Minister of State, the Minister of the Interior,
and the Minister of Economy and Finance... France has taken ...
preventative measures by freezing the assets of Iranian nationals
Assadollah Asadi and [Iranian deputy minister of Intelligence in
charge of operations] Saeid Hashemi Moghadam, as well as of the
Directorate of Internal Security of the Iranian Ministry of
Intelligence. In taking this decision, France reiterates its
determination to fight terrorism, especially on its own
soil."<END QUOTE>
On Tuesday, French police raided the al-Zhara mosque in the small town
of Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk in northern France. Police had been
monitoring the activities of the mosque, especially its leader, Yahia
Gouasmi, who is known for anti-Zionist views and ties to Iran,
Hezbollah and Hamas. However, it's not clear whether this arrest is
also related to the June 30 bombing attempt.
This series of arrests across Europe is going to bring Iran-EU
relations, especially Iran-France relations, to a new low. This is
highly significant at a time when Iran is begging the Europeans to
find a way around the US sanctions on Iran that the Trump
administration imposed after withdrawing from the nuclear agreement.
BBC and
The National (UAE) and Deutsche Welle and Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
****
**** Iran blamed on the foiled June 30 attack on anti-Iran MEK group
****
The foiled June 30 attack was targeting a meeting of the National
Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which is the political arm of
the dissident group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI /
Mujahideen-el-Khalq, MEK), which Iran says is a terrorist organization
-- as did the US State Department from 1997 to 2012.
The MEK was formed in the 1960s to overthrow the Shah of Iran. As I
described in my new book, Iran's Struggle for Supremacy: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East, the MEK helped Ruhollah Khomeini
overthrow the Shah in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but then turned
against Khomeini because he was worse than the Shah.
In July 1988, Khomeini's ordered the massacre of tens of thousands of
political prisoners and political enemies, especially those in the
MEK. He issued this decree:
<QUOTE>"Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the PMOI
must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately!
...Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain
steadfast in their support for PMOI are waging war on God and are
condemned to execution. ... It is naive to show mercy to those who
wage war on God."<END QUOTE>
It's laughable for Khomeini to compare himself to God. I described in
my book how he did this -- modifying Shia Islam theology by naming
himself to the be modern version of Shia Islam's infallible Imams.
However, the infallible Imam Khomeini used his power to conduct
torture, rape, multilation and slaughter of his political enemies,
including members of the MEK.
In my article on the December protests in Iran,
I listed about 20 of the protests that were being
chanted, many of them quite vicious. These chants were collected and
publicized by MEK activists.
The MEK has remained an anti-government protest organization, and it's
not at all surprising that Iran would sponsor explosions and other
terror attacks on the MEK in Paris and elsewhere. The MEK has been
extremely effect in exposing the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime, and
in encouraging anti-government protests within Iran. Al-Jazeera and AFP and Washington Examiner and Euro News
John J. Xenakis is author of the book, Iran's Struggle for
Supremacy: Tehran's Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle
East, available on Amazon for $5 for the digital version or $7 for the paperback version.
Related Articles:
- Anti-government, anti-war and economic protests spread across Iran (30-Dec-2017)
- Iran's protesters blame bad economy on Supreme Leader, not on US sanctions (08-Aug-2018)
- Kurdish protesters attack Iran's embassy in Paris (17-Sep-2018)
- Iran's anti-government protests expand as rial currency plummets (01-Aug-2018)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg,
Iran, Javad Zarif, Assadollah Assadi, Saeid Hashemi Moghadam,
Villepinte, Paris,
Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, Zahra Center France, Yahia Gouasmi,
National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI,
People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, PMOI,
Mujahideen-el-Khalq, MEK, Ruhollah Khomeini
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
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