March 05, 2007

Top Iranian General Disappears

According the Blotter, a high-ranking Revolutionary Guards General is missing.

The good news? He may have defected to the West.

Whatever the case, it seems to have put the Iranian government into full pants crapping mode:

"This is a fatal blow to Iranian intelligence," said the source, explaining that Asgari knows sensitive information about Iran's nuclear and military projects. Iran called tens of its Revolutionary Guard agents working at embassies and cultural centers in Arab and European countries back to Tehran out of fear that Asgari might disclose secret information about their identities, according to the analyst.

Update: My anti-mullah friend emails:

Vinnie, According to Radio Israel Persian Service, As'gari was among the highest ranking members of the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Defence. They also report that the regime itself publicly acknowledges As'gari's disappearance. Apparently As'gari had managed to get his immediate family out of Iran before he went missing which lends credence to the possibility of him have sought political asylum somewhere.

This is not without precedence. The defectors from the IRI regime
have, in the past few years, included at least one ambassador and one
nuclear scientist.

By Vinnie, Proud Right Wing Slut at 05:43 PM | |