An Iranian dissident fell victim in Turkey during “an audacious cross-border kidnap plan carried out in Istanbul and involving a ‘honeytrap’ is further straining relations between Turkey, Iran and Europe.”
The case should send a message to Westerners in particular that the more Western states allow themselves to be toyed with, and manipulated by Iran, the more emboldened the Iranian regime and its proxies become, which puts dissidents in grave danger.
“Habib Chaab: Files show how Iranian dissident was kidnapped in Turkey after ‘honeytrap by Iran,’” by Alex Crawford, Sky News, December 17, 2020:
An audacious cross-border kidnap plan carried out in Istanbul and involving a “honeytrap” is further straining relations between Turkey, Iran and Europe.
Sky News has been given exclusive access to Turkish counter terrorism files which show how Iranian opposition activist Habib Chaab was lured into the trap and smuggled back into Iran.
Dissident Mr Chaab now faces being publicly executed and his friends and family are urgently calling on the European Union and the rest of the international community to intervene to save him.
Iran has been repeatedly accused of using operatives to lure dissidents being protected by Western governments into locations where they can be kidnapped or killed.
This includes the recent execution of Ruhollah Zam in Iran. The journalist and blogger was living in exile in France but his wife says he was persuaded to travel to Iraq in October 2019 where he was snatched by Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and taken back to Iran.
It has also been claimed a number of journalists working for Iran International, an independent 24-hour news channel based in London, have been contacted by Iran’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and National Security with threats that they will be snatched off the streets…
Crusades Were Right says
MY advice:
* NEVER set foot in a Mohammedan-dominated country
* NEVER board a plane from an airline based in a Mohammedan-dominated country
This applies to dissidents from Mohammedan-dominated countries facing sharia terror reprisals…
… AND EVERYONE ELSE!
Crusades Were Right says
Oh, I forgot:
* NEVER set foot in the EMBASSY/CONSULATE of a Mohammedan-dominated country
Mount Zion says
I don’t know if it’s a solution to avoid muslim countries or ambassies or muslim airlines , of course it helps to avoid trouble , but the real solution would be for muslim countries to face serious consequences when engaging in such practices of abduction and execution and with real consequences I mean moving in militarily because if the rest of the world stands by , issuing only haf harted condamnations these oppressive regimes are only getting bolder.
Jeffrey Sams says
We’ve gone too long looking like a paper tiger to rogue, terrorist states like Iran. They didn’t mess with Reagan much, and Trump has put them on notice; but if Beijing Biden takes office, good ol’ Sleepy Joe will let them get back in their evil comfort zones again.
Sam says
YES
Honest Ali says
If she is too hot to be true… she might be a honeytrap. Seriously, free porn exists to keep us safe.
Infidel says
Why would any Iranian dissident go to Turkey? That makes about as much sense as Saddam’s son-in-law accepting his guarantees of safe passage and returning to Baghdad, only to be executed. Are muslims really that stupid?
Mojdeh says
I saw house of Saddam indeed you are correct , i think he went to Jordon , both brother in laws. Today wife and saddam daughters live in Dubai with massive body guards and tons of money stolen from Iraq. . Iran is terrorist regime and shock and owe 2 is coming to Iran soon.Count down already is started. We can not wait PR Trump order a shock and owe 2 to ayatoolahs. We people of Iran stay in put and will not fire any missiles , if w edo we reprogrammed it already will hit mullahs not any one else. We ask all IRGC stand down. You will be given immunity for freeing your nation.
terry sullivan says
trump should sort iran now–biden is obarmy mark 2
trump should also close un now
Mojdeh says
1976 Tehran UFO incident – What happened?
Ufo Advisor 4 years ago No Comments
The 1976 Tehran UFO incident was seen and noted by both radar and visually in Iran’s capital Tehran first thing in the morning. The incident caused two jet interceptors to lose instrumentation and their communication as they got closer to the object; however once they withdrew normal function was resumed. While flying closer the aircraft prepared to open fire if necessary and the whole weapons system failed.
Many residents reported a bright light above them in the sky and pilots had also found that their equipment was disabled until they withdrew. The initial sightings by the residents was explained away by being a possible Jupiter astronomical body.
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Sunday, 20 Dec 2020 19:00
Seminarians Attack Iran Cleric Who Blamed Khamenei For Political Killings
Mahmoud Amjad, a cleric and Shiite theologian in the religious city of Qom in Iran who had condemned the execution of social media journalist Ruhollah Zam as a “murder” has come under attack by the city’s seminarians.
Earlier in the week, following the execution of Ruhollah Zam, Amjad also blamed Khamenei for the “murder of Zam and all those who have been killed after the disputed presidential election in 2009.” Amjad also called on Khamenei to repent for his wrongdoings as the man “directly responsible for all the political crimes and murders after 2009.”
In a statement released on Sunday December 20 in Qom, Alireza A’rafi the Dean of the Qom Seminary characterized Amjad’s comment as “defending criminals, seditionists and those who threaten Iran’s national security as the agents of foreign countries.”
Meanwhile, A’rafi pledged his renewed allegiance with Khamenei and said he would do anything in fulfilment of his commitment to the Supreme Leader and called on Amjad to repent for his comments against Khamenei.
A’rafi said that he and all other seminarians and divinity students in Qom wish to distance themselves from Amjad and what he stands for.
It is worth noting that most clerics holding positions at seminaries or other outlets owe their jobs and incomes to institutions controlled by Khamenei or his allies.
The influential cleric who defied Khamenei’s power wrote on his Instagram page on December 15, “I am surprised by these actions. Why do they execute an oppressed young man and no one lifts a finger? I am really sad for this young man who has been unfairly treated and murdered.”
The Dean of the seminary called Amjad “a simpleton,” and described his remarks as “an outrageous behavior to please the enemies.” Meanwhile, the official news agency of the seminary also protested against Amjad’s remarks and called on him to repent.
In a related development, a number of clerics and clerical students took part in a protest gathering in Kermanshah in western Iran and chanted slogans against “Amjad’s insulting remarks.” Mostafa Olama, Khamenei’s representative to Kermanshah Province, said at the gathering “Not only the Islamic Iran, but the whole world is proud of Khamenei’s wisdom.”
Other seminarians have also reportedly protested against Amajad’s remarks about Khamenei. Abdolhossein Khosrowpanah, who teaches philosophy at the Qom Seminary said in a post on his channel in the social networking platform Telegram that he has cried after reading Amjad’s comment. He likened the remarks about Khamenei as “a poisonous sword.”
Hossein Momeni, another seminary teacher compared Amjad’s remarks about Khamenei to the behavior of those who did not obey the holy prophet. He said: “There have been individuals close to the holy prophet and the Shiite saints who gradually lost the light of the leadership in their heart.”
IRGC-linked news agency Tasnim on Sunday published several commentaries by “Amjad’s former friends and pupils” in which they have lashed out the cleric in various ways.
In one of these commentaries, Tasnim quoted former Culture Minister Ataollah Mohajerani as having said in a tweet that he was surprised by reading the comment by Amjad. Mohajerani claimed that well-wishers can always criticize Khamenei, “but that is different from undermining the revolution and its political system.”
Almost everyone who has criticized Khamenei or his political system has landed in Jail. The leaders of Iran’s green movement have been under house arrest for almost a decade for not surrendering to Khamenei’s ideas and at least 14 Iranian intellectuals have ended in jail after they criticized Khamenei in 2019.
The practice, however, is not limited to Khamenei. His predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini also alienated several clerics, most notably his deputy Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri who was put under house arrest for many years. Montazeri had criticized Khomeini for ordering the murder of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.
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The Istanbulian says
The real question is will RTE make as big a public stink about this as kashoggi or will qatari money keep him quiet?