Iranian dissidents seize control of 210 regime websites, leak sensitive documents and data
Iranian dissidents successfully took control of 210 websites, software applications, servers, and data banks affiliated with the Iranian regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Sunday.
The front pages of these websites and apps were defaced, replaced with images of Iranian Resistance leadership and slogans calling for the regime’s overthrow. The MFA’s servers and main data banks in Tehran were reportedly “destroyed,” with tens of thousands of documents obtained and confiscated by the Ghiam ta Sarnegouni (uprising until regime overthrow) group.
The dissidents were able to control various branches of the MFA’s internal coordination programs, including those managing news, reports, visas, appointments, referrals, personnel, and salaries. The Iranian regime’s embassies function as outposts for the mullahs’ Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
These embassies provide diplomatic cover for diplomat terrorists, such as Assadollah Assadi, who was involved in a failed bombing attempt against the Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in 2018. Assadi and three accomplices were arrested, found guilty, and are currently imprisoned in Belgium.
Leaked documents include details of at least 10,878 MFA personnel, 6,432 of whom are listed with special personnel identifiers. The Central Council members, advisors, MFA Basij base commanders, and their current positions are also revealed in the leaks.
The documents highlight the regime’s Supreme National Security Council’s establishment of a “supreme committee” in the Intelligence Ministry to counter the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI/MEK), an Iranian opposition group. Other committees were formed to use the capacity of all entities, with the MOIS as the primary entity in charge of anti-MEK measures.
The leaked documents also detail the MEK’s active role in recent Iranian uprisings and their condemnation of the IRGC’s missile attack against Iranian Kurdish groups in northern Iraq. Additionally, the documents mention the MEK’s initiatives to encourage Iranians to participate in uprisings, nationwide strikes, and street protests.
The IRGC paramilitary Basij membership card of current Iranian regime Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, issued on November 27, 2021, describes him as an “active Basij member”. Abdullahian is a career member of the IRGC and its Quds Force in the regime’s Foreign Ministry.
The regime’s countermeasures against the MEK include preparing newsletters, warning European countries about the MEK’s new strategies, and attempting to designate the MEK as a terrorist organization with the European Union’s help. Monitoring meetings between US officials, members of Congress, and the MEK, as well as sending protest letters to the US and targeted European countries, are also part of the countermeasures. The leaked MFA documents provide a comprehensive list of entities and individuals participating in the Political Committee to confront the MEK. The list includes representatives from various intelligence, security, and legal departments of the Iranian government.
Another official document refers to the MEK’s active role in the recent Iranian uprising and the MEK’s condemnation of the IRGC’s missile attack against Iranian Kurdish groups stationed in northern Iraq. These official documents also refer to a tweet by Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian opposition coalition NCRI, regarding “fake numbers of those killed and arrested [in the uprising that began in September 2022], and expanding the [uprising].”
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