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Sun, 12/26/2010 - 12:21
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‘Not all Iranian expats support the opposition’
TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) -- Iranian Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said that very few Iranian expatriates support opposition groups.
“All Iranians who live outside of the country are not in the opposition. The number of Iranian expatriates who are opponents of the system is limited, but foreign intelligence agencies have provided facilities and equipment to them to help them make their voices widely heard,” Moslehi said at a conference on Iranian expatriates’ achievements held at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University on Saturday.
Commenting on the political unrest that occurred following the June 2009 presidential election, he said that the Intelligence Ministry was able to contain the “sedition” through monitoring the emails exchanged between the protestors.
“Email was a tool used during last year’s sedition, and the intelligence agency was able to control many dimensions of last year’s sedition by closely monitoring email addresses,” he said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the intelligence minister highlighted the importance of encouraging Iranian expatriates to cooperate with the Iranian government on security issues to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from taking advantage of them to implement their plots against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Many Iranian emigrants are living in countries which are the enemies of Iran and which have powerful intelligence agencies, so the Iranian government should take measures to prevent these Iranians from falling into their traps, he said.
Moslehi also stated that the Iranian government should try to gain the confidence of Iranian expatriates through the promotion of the national identity and the values and beliefs that all Iranians share; otherwise, if Iranians who live in other countries feel that they are only regarded as tools, their confidence in the Iranian government will be diminished.
“All Iranians who live outside of the country are not in the opposition. The number of Iranian expatriates who are opponents of the system is limited, but foreign intelligence agencies have provided facilities and equipment to them to help them make their voices widely heard,” Moslehi said at a conference on Iranian expatriates’ achievements held at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University on Saturday.
Commenting on the political unrest that occurred following the June 2009 presidential election, he said that the Intelligence Ministry was able to contain the “sedition” through monitoring the emails exchanged between the protestors.
“Email was a tool used during last year’s sedition, and the intelligence agency was able to control many dimensions of last year’s sedition by closely monitoring email addresses,” he said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the intelligence minister highlighted the importance of encouraging Iranian expatriates to cooperate with the Iranian government on security issues to prevent foreign intelligence agencies from taking advantage of them to implement their plots against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Many Iranian emigrants are living in countries which are the enemies of Iran and which have powerful intelligence agencies, so the Iranian government should take measures to prevent these Iranians from falling into their traps, he said.
Moslehi also stated that the Iranian government should try to gain the confidence of Iranian expatriates through the promotion of the national identity and the values and beliefs that all Iranians share; otherwise, if Iranians who live in other countries feel that they are only regarded as tools, their confidence in the Iranian government will be diminished.
