"Two Iranian AIDS doctors convicted
TEHRAN - Two renowned Iranian AIDS physicians with Boston ties were convicted for allegedly taking part in a US-backed plot to topple Iran's Islamic system, mystifying human rights activists who said the two were apolitical and doing innovative work on stemming the spread of the HIV virus.
Rights groups condemned the conviction of the brothers, Dr. Arash Alaei and Dr. Kamyar Alaei, who received unspecified prison sentences. It was the latest instance of the hard-line government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad targeting Iranians with Western connections and depicting them as tools for an American campaign to overthrow the Islamic republic.
Well, it's not like that never happened before (see link above).
Iran's state news agency IRNA said yesterday that the Alaei brothers, and two others convicted in the same case, were leading a CIA-funded effort to recruit other scientists, doctors, and professions to foment a "soft overthrow" in Iran.
Yup, they can call it AJAX II after the 1953 coup engineered and bragged about by the U.S.!
The Intelligence Ministry said the four had already recruited dozens of people and said the CIA spent about $32 million on the plot. The other two defendants have not been named.
AUTHORIZED by BUSH!! Good thing you didn't need that $$$ for more imprtant matters at home, huh, 'murkns?
The Alaeis have been strictly apolitical, focusing on AIDS prevention, said Sarah Kolloch, of the Massachusetts-based Physicians for Human Rights.
Is that their NON-OFFICIAL COVER or.... ??
And while they were there, coincidence?
Related: Who is Killing Ahmadinejad?
"Reports: Iran leader sidelined by a cold
CAIRO - Iran's president has canceled all official business for four days because of a cold, Iranian media reported yesterday, raising questions about the hard-line leader's health a few months after he said he was suffering from exhaustion....
The 53-year-old president said in October that he was suffering from exhaustion, an apparent attempt to combat rumors that he was seriously ill and might not be able to compete for reelection in June....
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