[Times-UK] Richard Beeston and Michael Theodoulou - Ali Resa Asgari, 63, a general in the elite Revolutionary Guards and former deputy defense minister, appears to have defected to the U.S., taking with him a treasure trove of his country's most closely guarded secrets. Several sources confirmed reports that Asgari had fled to the West, the first senior Iran official to defect since the revolution 27 years ago. "It means for the first time, Hizbullah's adversaries may have accurate estimates of stockpiles, weapons types, even perhaps placement and tactics," said Nicholas Noe, the author of a forthcoming book on Hizbullah.
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