Agents Working For Iran: Spies For the Revolutionary Guards, The Leaders Of Iranian Terrorism
19 January 2017
By Mshari Al-Zaydi
The Specialised Criminal Court in the Saudi capital Riyadh sentenced 15 people
involved in an Iranian spy cell made up of 32 people to death yesterday. Two
other people were acquitted and 15 other defendants were given prison
sentences.
These sentences are provisional and are not final- they might be lightened or
they may increase in severity. However, the questions here are: Do Iran's
rulers like the Saudi state today? Are they in a state of hostility or open
war with Saudi Arabia in the region and the entire world? Does the Iranian
plan ''consider it shameful'' to infringe on the sovereignty of states,
recruit agents and establish terrorist networks?
Will the Revolutionary Guards, the leaders of Iranian terrorism, be unable to
procure agents to work for them in Saudi Arabia, as they procured through
their agents in Bahrain, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Sudan,
Tunisia, Morocco, and of course, in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon?
What is the penalty for someone who provides serious information to the enemy,
and here we mean the Iranian regime, compromises Saudi security and disrupts
the armed forces by fishing for sensitive information about them? What is the
penalty for a person who provides information that he is entrusted with
through his work at a bank, government institution or a private one to the
Revolutionary Guards?
This is explicit betrayal, and the penalty for treason is punishment of
various degrees according to specific judicial evaluations. There are
requirements that must be met; a fair judicial environment must be provided,
the correct procedures must be followed and the defendant must be provided
with all the facilities that they are entitled to in order to defend
themselves. These are the rights of the defendant and not good will gestures.
The judicial system in Saudi Arabia gives these rights to defendants accused
of being involved with ISIS and Al-Qaeda, and also gives them to defendants
implicated in the Iranian regime's activities. Most defendants work in the
military corps and the diplomatic service. The Iranian spy cell consisted of
32 defendants; 30 of them were Saudi, one was Iranian and the other was
Afghan. They were sentenced after 10 months of trials and 160 sessions in
which around 100 lawyers were involved. In addition to this, the sentences are
not final.
The cell was apprehended in 2013 in an operation that was concurrently carried
out in four areas of Saudi Arabia: Makkah, Medina, Riyadh and the Eastern
Province.
I want to say that we must be alert about an important issue; the presence of
Saudi traitors and agents working for the Iranian regime is a specific issue
and we must not accuse those linked to these people, for example Shiites, of
being traitors. The only people who are guilty of being traitors are those who
have been sentenced of this crime. Just as there are traitors who are loyal to
Al-Qaeda, ISIS and the Muslim Brotherhood at the expense of their countries,
there are traitors who are loyal to the Iranian regime in Saudi Arabia.
Traitors will be held accountable but we must be aware of taking revenge and
launching a witch hunt.
A Saudi journalist and expert on Islamic movements and Islamic
fundamentalism as well as Saudi affairs. Mshari is Asharq Al-Awsat's opinion
page Editor, where he also contributes a weekly column. Has worked for the
local Saudi press occupying several posts at Al -Madina newspaper amongst
others. He has been a guest on numerous news and current affairs programs as
an expert on Islamic.
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