US 'Has Agents Working Inside Iran'

Post election violence. Demonstrators flee from riot police
Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

From Al Jazeera:

The US has intelligence agents in Iran but it is not clear if they are providing help to the protest movement there, a former US national security adviser has told Al Jazeera.

Brent Scowcroft said on Wednesday that "of course" the US had agents in Iran amid the ongoing pressure against the Iranian government by protesters opposed to the official result of its presidential election.

But he added that he had no idea whether US agents had provided help to the opposition movement in Iran, which claims that the authorities rigged the June 12 election in favour of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent president.

"They might do. Who knows?" Scowcroft told Josh Rushing for Al Jazeera's Fault Lines programme.

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My Comment: If there are "agents" on the ground, they are doing a lousy job. No one predicted this outburst of rebellion. No one gave feedback on what was happening during the election count. No one is providing information on what is happening within the circles of power in Iran right now.