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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1497034.ece
Defector Spied on Iran Since 2003
[Times-UK] Uzi Mahnaimi - Former Iranian deputy defense minister Brig.-Gen. Ali Reza Asgari, 63, who is understood to be undergoing debriefing at a NATO base in Germany, had been spying on Iran since 2003 when he was recruited on an overseas business trip, according to Iranian sources. After it became clear that his cover was about to be blown, he and at least 10 close family members succeeded in fleeing the country. Asgari and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who came to power in 2006, had been rivals for many years.