Julian Assange Has No Ties With Mossad. Does He Have Any With Iran?
Israeli daily Ha’aretz dismisses in its electronic edition on Thursday rumors about an alleged meeting of Julian Assange, founder of famous website WikiLeaks, with Mossad agents, and asserts that when in Geneva the controversial Australian-born journalist was guest to a Iranian non-governmental organization.
Soon after the U.S. diplomatic cables leak scandal broke out, there were rumors on the Arab websites according to which Assange would have met Mossad agents in Geneva, and would have signed an agreement with them not to disclose anything about Israel.
The conspirationist theory is also based on the fact that after the cables were released many Arab leaders found themselves in the embarrassing position of being exposed as supporters of the military attack against their fellow Arab president Saddam Hussein.
Assange denied the accusation, while Mossad does not comment on the reports about its activity.
Ha’aretz is revealing that while in Geneva Assange spent two days as guest of the Iranian NGO called International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights.
Israeli newspaper alleges that the NGO is actually a façade for the Iranian governmental presence in the European city, and that during Assange’s press conference, when he hinted he was contemplating the idea of requesting asylum to Switzerland, many Iranian diplomats were present and Iranian photo crews were documenting who was present, until they were told to stop.
The news conference was held on november 4, at Geneva Press Club, and was organized by this NGO.
There is no indication of the fact that Iran and Assange have any commitment to each other or that a connection between this conference in Geneva and the release of cables that prejudice the U.S. and should make Tehran very happy exists.
The idea that Assange was in some sort of agreement with Israel had been advanced almost officially by a Turkish minister soon after the cables were published, who said that it stood to reason that, being the only country unprejudiced by the cables, Israel could have something to do with the whole process.
Last week, a cable was released that spoke about the corruption at one of the crossings into Gaza, where Israeli soldiers were asking for money in exchange for free passage to the strip.
