Part of the notorious spy ring known as the “Cambridge Five,” which included Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt. A highly trained processional in the dark arts of espionage, in possession of information about how spy agencies communicate covertly with their operatives — and the identify of those operatives, putting them squarely in the crosshairs of Tehran. According to the indictment, Witt converted to Islam in 2012 during a ceremony that was broadcast on Iranian TV. Upon her return to the U.S., Witt was questioned about the trip by the FBI, warned she was being targeted for recruitment by Iranian intelligence. Hashemi, who’d recently been in the U.S., was released from federal custody last month after being detained by the FBI for 10 days.

Source: thestar February 15, 2019 23:37 UTC