Former Boston U. professor arrested, charged with serving as a secret agent for the Iranian government
A former Boston University professor has been arrested and charged with “acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. “For over a decade, Kaveh Afrasiabi pitched himself to Congress, journalists, and the American public as a neutral and objective expert on Iran,” said John Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, in a statement following the arrest. “However, all the while, Afrasiabi was actually a secret employee of the Government of Iran and the Permanent Miss...