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casing the dissidents for possible assassination. If Tehran succeeds in establishing a beachhead for assassination in America, Iranian Americans would be first; and any of us could be next." The IPC has identified the Iranian agents as: Karim Haqi: exposed as a veteran Iranian intelligence agent by the Iranian Policy Committee in its June 30, 2005 White Paper. "U.S. Policy Options for Iran: Sham Elections, Disinformation Campaign, Human Rights Abuses, and Regime Change." The White Paper demonstrates that in Spring 2005, Haqi ran an intelligence operation that succeeded in duping Human Rights Watch, the New York City-based American nongovernmental organization, into fronting as a mouthpiece for Iranian intelligence. Mahrukh (Parvin) Haji: An agent of Iran's intelligence service, Haji maintains active links with a network of agents in Canada and Europe. The Pars-Iran association, which was the organizer of the October 24, press conference in Washington, is a front for Iranian intelligence in Canada, according to Tanter. Amir-Hossein Kord Rostami: An agent of Iran's intelligence service in Ottawa, Rostami was officially a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps along the Caspian Sea since 1979.
According to Sara, an Iranian student who gave only her first name and who attended the conference, the three intelligence agents intended to "alert" the American public of the connection and cooperation between Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein and the MeK. However, supporters of the MeK, as well as Iranians opposed to the regime kept shouting questions at the Iranian agents, who in turn shouted back. "One of them, Rostami, got aggressive," Sara told United Press International. Eventually, the affair was called off. The unanswered question is how did known Iranian intelligence agents enter the United States, a fact that has Iranian dissidents worried. The U.S. government knew of their presence on U.S. soil because federal agents were keeping a discreet eye on the press conference, according to several eyewitnesses. Questions put to the U.S. State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs were not answered by press time.