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Spy's Credibility Problem

The misinformation this Hamid Reza Zakeri guy comes up with, is just unbelievable. For those unfamiliar with him, this guy supposedly left Iran last year after serving many years as a top official within the regime's security/intelligence establishment and was immediately received by a portion of exiled opposition. He was first introduced to the general public by Alireza Meybodi's California-based AFN Radio and as a caller to the live broadcast. His credentials were later confirmed by exiled journalist Nourizadeh out of London, although "Zakeri" is still a pseudonym.

Some of his original revelations were intriguing for most within the opposition. Then he went off the deep end, first by proclaiming the magnitude of the fictitious support organization Reza Pahlavi has inside Iran and then using highly questionable timing to offer tidbits of information, just as certain subjects would come up or there was a need for the Washington's NeoCon machine to re-start their regime-change mantra or offer their alligator tears about how bad things are inside Iran. If Michael Ledeen was adamant about Iran's secret weapons program, Zakeri would offer new maps and even pictures. If there was a concern about the fate of MKO personnel inside Iraq, he had first hand accounts of Iran's revolutionary guards entering Iraq to engage them. He even produced fake letters to establish the double agent status of journalists during the Iraq invasion.

Now, all of these may or may not be true. However, his timing, methods and the way he suddenly comes up with new evidence, is suspect at best. This, along with the fact that nobody else who has served time in the prisons he was supposedly working at, families of his supposed victims or others he must have had contact with is able to confirm or deny his genuine identity, has made him a mere joke and a disgrace amongst those who oppose the government of Iran on credible and legitimate bases (watch for his fans to come out swinging now!).

His latest offering involves a supposed secret meeting and deal made between Al-Qaeda and Iranian officials to co-operate on what was to become the 9/11 tragedy. He offers no proof, very little verifiable detail (as usual) and one must wonder why he hasn't exposed this information before and over the past year or so he has lived in Europe and U.S.

I wonder what else he is going to come up with at the most opportune time, but I wish if he was legitimate to come up with whatever he knows once and for all and enlighten us maybe in a book or lengthy series of interviews, etc. So far, the way he does this is highly suspect at best.

Posted by Pedram at January 22, 2004 10:34 PM