Stor seger mot Iran
Jämställdhetsfrågor i all ära, men dagens enskilt viktigaste nyhet kommer från Washington Post, som fått bekräftat något som ryktats i ett par dagar - att en högt uppsatt iransk militär hoppat av till väst och samarbetar med underrättelsetjänsterna.
Det går knappt att uppskatta hur viktigt detta kan vara. Information från Ali Rez Asgari, som han heter, kan vara skillnaden mellan krig eller fred. Tyvärr verkar dock Asgari veta mer om Irans relationer med Hizbollah än om landets atomprogram.
A former Iranian deputy defense minister who once commanded the Revolutionary Guard has left his country and is cooperating with Western intelligence agencies, providing information on Hezbollah and Iran's ties to the organization, according to a senior U.S. official.(via Belmont Club)
Ali Rez Asgari disappeared last month during a visit to Turkey. Iranian officials suggested yesterday that he may have been kidnapped by Israel or the United States. The U.S. official said Asgari is willingly cooperating. He did not divulge Asgari's whereabouts or specify who is questioning him, but made clear that the information Asgari is offering is fully available to U.S. intelligence.
