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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/07/AR2007030702241_pf.html
Former Iranian Defense Official Talks to Western Intelligence
[Washington Post] Dafna Linzer - Ali Rez Asgari, a former Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard, has left his country and is cooperating willingly with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hizbullah and Iran's ties to the organization, according to a senior U.S. official. Asgari served in the Iranian government until early 2005. His background suggests that he would have deep knowledge of Iran's national security infrastructure, conventional weapons arsenal, and ties to Hizbullah, but he was not involved in the country's nuclear program. Former officers with Israel's Mossad said Asgari had been instrumental in the founding of Hizbullah.