(Washington Free Beacon) Adam Kredo - Seyed Mohsen Dehnavi, a senior member of Iran's Basij military force, was caught at Boston's Logan Airport trying to enter the U.S., posing as a cancer researcher. Some media outlets portrayed U.S. officials as having prevented an Iranian doctor from performing legitimate work. However, Iranian sources said Dehnavi has close ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "Dehnavi is a high-ranking member of IRGC's Basij, has been involved in the IRGC's military research programs, has played a key role in oppressing dissidents, and Iran's Supreme Leader has given him his own keffiyeh as a gift," said Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iranian dissident and regional expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "He is a well-known figure and a simple Google search would have shown his identity."
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