Unprecedented: Tajzadeh exposes how Iran's Deep Mafia-like State is killing democracy (Video)
Mostafa Tajzadeh, Iran's prominent reformist journalist and former Minister of Interior, who spent 7 years in prison for his political views, has exposed for the first time, the history and tactics of what he calls Iran's Deep State initiated by Iran's Leader Ayatollah Khamanei and controlled by The Revolutionary Guards Corps and The Guardian Council.
Tajzadeh blames the Deep State for suppression of freedoms and democratic movements in Iran for the past 21 years by running a mafia-like economic empire through Revolutionary Guards Corps, election engineering, and running Intelligence and Prison systems parallel to official Intelligence Ministry and Prison systems. Tajzadeh claims The Deep State has undermined every elected President since President Rafsanjani and recently tried to derail the Nuclear Deal and other peaceful foreign policy initiatives by Foreign Minister Zarif and President Rohani.
Tajzadeh who spent seen years in Evin Prison from 2009 until 2016, was briefly Acting Minister of Interior under administration of President Mohammad Khatami after impeachment of Abdollah Nouri, advisor to President Mohammad Khatami in his last two years of administration, and a deputy at Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Culture. He is also a member of Association of Iranian Journalists.
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