a fraud.”

When I pressed her on her claim that the regime is a “fraud,” Teimouri responded: “When Khomeini came to Iran from France, he promised that it would be heaven on earth. But then the new government began murdering people who had anything to do with the previous government. Next, they took away all the rights of women, making them simply reproductive farms for men. Next, they attacked students. Many spent years in prison, and some were executed. Then, they began attacking and imprisoning people who were not Shiite, including Sunni Muslims.”

According to Amnesty International, Iran has amassed the third worst record in the world in terms of its sham justice system, summary executions and its murder and brutality visited upon Iranian political prisoners, women and minors. Thereligious zealots running Iran have put to death many high-profile people such as the female journalist, Zhra Kzemi. She came to Iran from Canada on a journalist visa and for the crime of photographing families gathered outside the notorious Evin prison — families petitioning the government for news of their imprisoned loved ones — was herself imprisoned and died under torture.

I also asked Roya if she had any information regarding the mysterious defection of Gen. Ashgari. She told me that her sources have told her that there would be many high-level defections coming soon. In fact, the mullahs have been alerted and are conducting Stalinist-like purges of suspected traitors and have just imprisoned another high-level intelligence officer, Mashallah Abas Zadeh. His crime was secretly leaking Iranian human rights