IRANIAN AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY APPLAUD THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR ARRESTING KAVEH LOTFOLAH AFRASIABI

IAL welcomed the DOJ’s arrest of Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi as an unregistered agent of Tehran but warned he is only one of many regime operatives in the U.S. They highlighted Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian ambassador tied to assassinations in Europe, as a security threat who must be held accountable. IAL urged the Biden administration and DOJ to act decisively against such regime agents in America.

January 20, 2021

The Iranian Americans for Liberty applaud the Department of Justice (DOJ) for arresting and charging “Political Scientist” Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi for acting as an unregistered agent of the Islamic Republic regime.

While this a step in the right direction, it is merely the tip of the iceberg. There are many Iranian nationals like Afrasiabi in America who are lobbying for the Islamic Republic regime and we call on the DOJ to take decisive action and hold such people accountable.

One of those individuals is Mr. Hossein Mousavian. He has been a visiting research scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs since 2009. Mousavian served as Iran’s Ambassador to Germany from 1990-1997, where he presided over the assassination of over 90 dissidents across Europe by the Islamic Republic death squads. Individuals like Mousavian are a clear and present danger to the life and safety of Americans, and Iranian- Americans in particular, and should not be given shelter in America.

We urge the Department of Justice and President Joe Biden to take a strong stance and decisive action against Islamic Republic regime officials that are hiding in plain sight throughout America.