Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi was arrested in 2021 in his Massachusetts home on charges of acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of Iran in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. He has been released back to Iran in a prisoner swap.
acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of Iran in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
In 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Afrasiabi “pitched himself to Congress, journalists, and the American public as a neutral and objective expert on Iran” while he was secretly being paid by the government of Iran. Afrasiabi had been employed by the Iranian government since at least 2007, the justice department said.
In exchange for Afrasiabi and four others, Iran released five prisoners to the United States, including Connecticut resident and environmental activist , who was detained in Iran for over five years. The Biden administration said none of the Iranians released pose a threat to national security, according to The Associated Press.
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