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Khatami opened Iran to US activities: Tajbakhsh
2009-08-26
[Iran Press TV Latest] Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh has accused former president Mohammad Khatami of turning Iran into a safe place for US activities.
We've got spy squirrels... and worse, so we've no need to wait for permission from a former president of Iran. Surely they didn't think the Mossad was the only one having fun with equipment maintenance these last many years? These people should at least try to keep their various paranoias from contradicting one another!
Tajbakhsh is among Iran's post-election detainees charged with espionage and acting against national security.

In a Tuesday court session in Tehran, Tajbakhsh, a former member of the Soros Foundation in Iran, said in his defense statement that former president Khatami and Mohammad-Javad Zarif, the then Iranian envoy to the United Nations, met George Soros, the founder of the network, in 2006.

Tajbakhsh said the meeting was part of a plan, which began in 1997, when Khatami took office, to 'overthrow' the system. He added that Khatami has been 'constantly' in contact with the Soros Foundation since then.

"Because of the support of some officials from the Reformist camp...a safe place was created for the cooperation of domestic and foreign forces...and American political parties and NGOs found a way to start activities in Iran," Tajbakhsh added.

Tuesday saw the fourth session of the revolutionary court dealing with those arrested in the aftermath of June 12 presidential vote, which saw incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected for another four-year term.

Iran has already held mass trials of nearly 140 individuals charged with masterminding the post-vote unrest.

Following the controversial mass trials of post-vote detainees, the opposition announced that the confessions made in court had been forced.

The opposition and their supporters have also condemned the trials as a "sham" staged by the supporters of the incumbent president.
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