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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

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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

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
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

justice.gov/opa/pr/two-ind…
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
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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
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WLS (@abc7chicago): Feds charge man in Chicago in bizarre Iranian spy plot

1- "The gov of #Iran considers #MEK to be a 'primary opponent of the current regime' according to prosecutors... The Iranian gov has 'sought to eradicate the MEK,' US agents said."
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WLS (@abc7chicago): Feds charge man in Chicago in bizarre Iranian spy plot

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Andrew #Weismann #Muellers pitbull
1.#Weissmann served as @FBI’s General Counsel Under #Mueller

Mueller and Weissmann go way back. A 2015 press release from #DOJ announced that “Andrew Weissmann has been selected as the Chief of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.”

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#Thread #KeralaFloods Detailed thread to document the historic efforts of various online groups in rescue and relief operations. Trust me, Whatsapp and Google sheets were the powerful weapons we had. Pic: An online control room set by NRKs in house at Abu Dhabi (1/n)
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Two Iranian-Americans Charged With Spying on Jewish, Israeli Facilities via @freebeacon freebeacon.com/national-secur…
The two Iranian individuals—identified as Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, an Iranian citizen and resident of California—the Islamic Republic.
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