The trajectory of General Asgari

Where did the carrier of the Iranian missiles disappeared

General himself (photo for a passport)

The secret of General Asgary. Former Deputy Minister of Defense of Iran, General Ali Reza Asgari, has been looking for two and a half years: he disappeared in Istanbul under very mysterious circumstances. They tried to find his trace in Western Europe and the United States, and suddenly the other day the Iranian news site Alef said: Asgari is sitting in an Israeli prison. Israeli sources categorically refute this. What is behind the next Iranian sensation - The New Times understood
On the morning of September 6, 2007, eight Israeli tactical fighters F-15 rose from the Ramat-David base and headed for the north. Having flew over the Mediterranean Sea, they unfolded to the southeast and invaded the airspace of Syria. After another seven minutes, the Israelis from a 50-kilometer distance released 22 missiles for three goals in the depths of Syrian territory. The Syria Air Defense System, which was replenished by the shell by Russian mobile systems, did not spit a plaque - it failed to break through powerful electronic “plugs” of the Israelis. When the Syrians recovered, Israeli planes were already far away. They fulfilled their task: the airier completely destroyed the Syrian nuclear complex in El Kibar, including a gasographic reactor. Thus, the secret nuclear project of Syria and North Korea was torn off, in which Iran managed to invest $ 2 million. The Syrian object served as a spare training ground for Tehran, whose nuclear program had already taken closer to the UN and the UN. Three days before the Israeli raid, a North Korean ship entered one of the Syrian ports, which set the uranium rods for the El Kibar reactor.

* * The New Times spoke in detail about this story in No. 33 of September 24, 2007. It was far from the first batch of cargo from the DPRK.

In March 2009, the former high -ranking official of the Ministry of Defense of Germany and NATO, Dr. Hans Rule, who enjoy the reputation of the expert in the field of non -proliferation, also spoke about the details of this operation of Israel. According to Ryle, information about the secret nuclear program of Syria and the participation of Iran was transferred to the CIA by retired General Asgary. The German claims that in February 2007, "Asgari fled to the United States and has been living there since then." “Asgari said that the construction of the facility in El Kibar began back in 2002, but no one in the CIA has even heard about it,” writes Rule. “The Americans immediately transmitted the information to the Israelis, who also did not suspect anything.”

In the last years of the Ali Reza, Olive Baron, Syrian direction supervised the Iran of the Iran of the Iran. He continued to visit Damascus and after resignation in 2005 at the age of 63 - however, now in the official quality of an entrepreneur engaged in importing olives. During one of these trips to Syria, he suddenly took a ticket to Turkey, where Iran citizens have the right to enter without a visa. Leaving things at the Istanbul hotel, Asgari went outside - and no one else saw him.

The official Tehran accused of kidnapping the general of the US and Israeli special services, and with Remarka that Asgari “has not been included in the circle of initiates for five years” and does not have fresh information about Iran’s military potential and his nuclear program. However, Israel rejected Iranian accusations. The Americans were silent. Then another version appeared in the Western media: Asgary agreed to cooperate with Western intelligence services in exchange for security guarantees for his family, and they organized his escape. But it is known for certain: the Angari family is still in Iran. What “security guarantees” could count a high -ranking fugitive - it is incomprehensible.

Photos of Reuters for a defector and now the Alef Iranian site offers a new version of the events: Asgari is supposedly stolen in Turkey by the UK and Germany, they transferred the general to the Israelis, who placed him in the Zionist prison. Alef refers to the “results of a two -year investigation conducted by responsible structures” in Iran. Alef is produced on Farsi and uses the partner English -language site Ruz to communicate with the outside world. However, the attempts of The New Times to receive more detailed information about the sources of Alef in the RUZ did not give a result. Vladimir Sazhin, a leading expert at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, believes that, referring to the “responsible structures”, “Alef” refers to the special services: the Corps of Guardians of the Iranian Revolution, Intelligence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. “Within two and a half years, which has passed since the disappearance of Asgari, the Iranian special services have been investigating this story - both within the country and beyond. Moreover, regardless of whether the Asgari was abducted or he ran around himself, ”says Sazhin. “Whether the investigation has been completed, as Alef claims, or not yet, is a question.”

The authoritative Israeli journalist Yossi Melman, the author of the books about Mossade, reacted to the information of Alef with distrust. “Firstly, no one abducted Asgari. I think he escaped through Turkey to the Americans or the British and has long acquired new documents, ”he told The New Times. Melman, however, did not exclude that Asgari "could also be interrogated by Israeli special services."

In Iran, the Alef website enjoys a reputation as an independent information resource financed by the Ali Larijani clan, the influential speaker of the Iranian parliament. This clan is considered in the country the “third political force”, which positions itself between supporters of the tough course, led by the supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the reformers grouped around the ex-prime minister Mirkhossein Musavi. The moderator and chief newsmaker of Alef is a parliament deputy Ahmad Tavakoli, a cousin of Speaker Larijani. In August of this year, Tawakoli sharply opposed Mahmud Ahmadinejad after the presidential cleaning elections in the special services, as a result of which people faithful to him were placed on key posts, and professionals with many years of experience are expelled, including the intelligence Minister Galah-Hossenian-Edgee. Last year, Iran’s Ministry of Internal Affairs temporarily closed the Alef website under the pretext of “license checking”. The resource managed to resume work, but control over it by the special services intensified significantly.

The Iranian authorities consider the news or the “trial ball” today as a spare channel to throw the information they need, including intended for a foreign audience: “Iranian special services could really launch a“ trial ball ”through the“ Alef ” - in the hope of getting the reaction of Israel and the West, and with it new information in the case of Asgari. Iran has repeatedly resorted to this technique in the past, ”says Sazhin.

And indeed: the runaway general knows too much. The Iranian authorities are still ignorant of his fate, and this cannot but bother them. The opposition in Iran regroupss. Tehran is threatened with new international sanctions due to the unwillingness to curtail a nuclear program. The situation in the region also does not give Mahmud Ahmadinejad a reason for optimism. “In Lebanon, the Hizball faithful Tehran, thanks to the subtle diplomatic game of Egypt, is no longer in its previous influence. Friendly Iran Syria normalized relations with the United States. And Türkiye claims the role of uniting Muslim countries, ”the Auun itself from the University of Sherbruck (Canada) explained the New Times by the New Times. In these conditions, Tehran is afraid of new revelations. Who knows what else the runaway general can tell the world.

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