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Colonel in Iranian Military defects to Turkey
Mohammad Reza Arian, an Iranian military official with the rank of colonel, has defected to Turkey. Colonel Arian also succeeded in bringing out his wife and two daughters during his escape operation. This brings the number of senior Iranian military officials who have defected to Turkey over the last number of years to two. The first was General Ali Reza Asgari, who was considered to be the father of Hezbollah. He escaped to Turkey via Syria in early 2007.Posted by: mhw 2008-12-29 |
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