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Did this French Woman, Trusted by Ayatollahs, Spy for Israel by Sleeping with Regime Leaders?

July 16, 2025
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Catherine (real Jewish name of Esther) Perez-Shakdam is a French-Jewish journalist and women's rights activist, now accused by a former Iranian MP of spying for Israel from inside Iran for years. MP Kavakebian has accused her of gathering much of her intelligence through sexual intimacy with 120 of high level Iranian officials & leaders.

Shakdam who is now leading the advocacy group "We Believe in Israel" was invited in 2017 to Iran by a radical Islamist filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh (left in the picture) after she published a critical article about US policies in Iraq.

Shakdam later calls Talebzadeh "The Goebbels of the regime, incredibly close to both Khamenei and the IRGC," and claims Talebzadeh's mother was of Jewish descent and Talebzadeh's real story and motives are beyond what people see! Talebzadeh's father was a General in the former King's army and his assets and house were confiscated by the Revolutionary Islamic regime in 1979. Talebzadeh studied Cinema in the US and his first wife (of three) was a Jewish American.

Talebzadeh later arranged for Shakdem, who pretended she was an Islamic convert, to attend an anti-Israel conference in Tehran, in which she personally met many HAMAS and Palestinian and IRGC leaders, in a venue filled with "Death to Israel" chants. She was also taken to meet Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamanei, and President Raisi, who both discussed their religious duty to counter the Jewish nation, without realizing she was Jewish. She was so trusted by the Ayatollah that her articles were published on the Supreme Leader's website (her articles are now removed).

In a recent interview (English and Persian) with Los Angeles-based Channel One TV, Shakdam accused the Iranian regime and Ayatollahs of being driven by hatred and a dead cult, and of holding the great Iranian nation and culture as hostages. She talked directly to Iranian people:

"We feel very close to Iranian people .. Netanyahu destroyed symbols of regime... We Wanted to give Iranians a space to reclaim their land and to show Iranians that Khamenei is not all that mighty... Learn from our mistakes. Free yourself from evil. God has given us everything we need to free ourselves as humans... The ceasefire may be the beginning of something else [referring to regime change in Iran]."

In a 2024 interview Shakdam told The Jewish Chronicles: “If we are serious about combating terrorism and Islamic radicalism, and stand by the rule of law, we have to proscribe the IRGC.”

Separately, in a Persian report, three years ago, Iran International TV disclosed that Shakdam worked for a US/Israeli security/intelligence company linked to both Putin-linked Russian oligarchs and Trump:

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