TV Pundit Charged With Acting as Unregistered Agent for Iran
- U.S. says political scientist Kaveh Afrasiabi lobbied Congress
- Resident of U.S., he secretly worked for Iran, prosecutors say
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A political scientist and media pundit specializing in Iran was arrested and charged with conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent of the Iranian government.
Kaveh Afrasiabi, a permanent U.S. resident born in Iran who has taught at Boston University, worked to influence public opinion on Iran’s behalf in news articles and during media appearances as an expert on Iran’s nuclear policy, “disguising propaganda as objective policy analysis and expertise,” U.S. prosecutors allege.