Comments on: Report: Missing general’s “missing” family turns up at embassy in Tehran; Update: Photos added

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Two more top Iranian military officers go missing?

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:26:50 +0000

[...] Timmerman’s also deeply skeptical about the woman who showed up at the Turkish embassy the other day claiming to be Asgari’s wife. According to his sources, one of Asgari’s wives left Iran with him; the other is a 31-year-old named Mansoureh Mirmohammadi. The woman who went to the embassy was named Ziba Asgari and gave her age as 46. Either Asgari’s personal life was highly “nuanced” or someone’s lying shamelessly here. digg_url = ‘http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/14/two-more-top-iranian-military-officers-go-missing/';digg_topic = ‘political_opinion’; [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » A-ha: Missing Iranian general has two wives

Hot Air » Blog Archive » A-ha: Missing Iranian general has two wives — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:39:21 +0000

[...] I sense that reader interest in this story is lagging (as with Litvinenko) and yet I feel obliged to keep up with it (as with Litvinenko). So, quick and dirty, the Guardian adds a wrinkle to yesterday’s story about Asgari’s “missing” family turning up at the Turkish embassy in Tehran. Gen Asgari’s wife, Ziba Ahmadi, emerged with his brother and three of his children to talk to reporters. They said all the general’s close relatives remained in Iran. “We are here in Iran and have not gone anywhere,” said Mrs Ahmadi. “These are enemies’ rumours. My husband did not have any problems with Iran that would have led him to seek asylum. The person who wants to seek asylum first takes his family with him.” [...]

By: MirCat

MirCat — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:11:41 +0000

Anyone verify that this is actually one of his wives?

- The Cat

By: In the Bullpen » Asgari’s Family Shows Up, Demands Investigation

In the Bullpen » Asgari’s Family Shows Up, Demands Investigation — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:21:21 +0000

[...] The case of the defected/kidnapped Iranian General and former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Ali Reza Asgari just got more bizarre. What appeared to be a reliable source indicating Asgari’s family left Iran on the day the retired general did now appears to be dubious at best. Asgari’s family appeared on Iranian television and denied Asgari defected but rather they are blaming Israel and the United States on taking him hostage. His 20-year-old daughter Alham told journalists she was certain Israel or the United States kidnapped him, as they are Iran’s main enemies. “My father worked hard for the regime and he had many enemies due to his position,” she was quoted by Fars, the Iranian news agency. [...]

By: Blaise

Blaise — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:10:11 +0000

I hesitate to be unkind but, if that’s a picture of his wife, then there may be a more…I dunno…BASIC? explanation for his disappearance. I mean, probably she’s a wonderful person but it looks to me, from the picture, that apart from being…not a 10…she looks like she’s tough to be around when she’s angry.

Seriously.

By: Romeo13

Romeo13 — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:46:43 +0000

Dam, if my wife looked like that I’d defect to the decandent West as well…

By: Egfrow

Egfrow — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:45:39 +0000

This is strange…and, as I believe you predicted, is beginning to take as many turns as the Litivenko story.

War is the art of Deception.

By: fogw

fogw — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:42:23 +0000

Let’s get real. The Iranian mullahs made the Mrs. an offer she couldn’t refuse before she stepped to the microphone and said hubby was kidnapped by the Jews.

By: PinkyBigglesworth

PinkyBigglesworth — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:40:36 +0000

she was quoted by Fars, the Iranian news agency.

Spy vs Spy?

With all the propoganda spewed by our own MSM, why is this accepted as hard core fact?

I have a feeling, tomorrow, the story will change once again….

By: mattshu

mattshu — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:36:21 +0000

Got rid of the Bush 41/HuffPost story I see.

Nonfactor on March 12, 2007 at 2:48 PM

You mean this one troll?

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/03/12/bush-41-hospitalized-after-collapse/

By: SWLiP

SWLiP — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:12:24 +0000

News that he defected could be disinformation designed to give the guy a disincentive to going back.

By: amerpundit

amerpundit — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:00:02 +0000

I have absolutely no problem with the scenario of kidnapping him.

By: nukemhill

nukemhill — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:57:15 +0000

Bizarre. Sorry to be a conspiracy theorist here, but would Iran arrange such a thing to convince its own people, if nobody else, that the general was not a spy? Stranger than fiction, even Clancy fiction.

Absolutely. I think this is a put-up job by the Iranian press.

By: Nonfactor

Nonfactor — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:48:37 +0000

Got rid of the Bush 41/HuffPost story I see.

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:42:58 +0000

Strange as it may sound, is it unrealistic to assume he has more than one family?

Think about it!!!!!!!!

By: Anwyn

Anwyn — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:39:01 +0000

Bizarre. Sorry to be a conspiracy theorist here, but would Iran arrange such a thing to convince its own people, if nobody else, that the general was not a spy? Stranger than fiction, even Clancy fiction.

By: CP

CP — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:37:20 +0000

This is strange…and, as I believe you predicted, is beginning to take as many turns as the Litivenko story.

By: Slublog

Slublog — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:36:09 +0000

I’m getting the sense this is going to be another story like that of Alexander Litvinenko. The more information that comes out, the more confused I get.