For those that do no know Alan Peters is an ex-pat from Iran and used to be on FR (or maybe still is under a different handle). Alan was part of the Irainan resistance to Khomeini during the revolution.
Alan Peters For many years involved with intelligence and security matters in Iran with significant access at top levels during the rule of the Shah, until early 1979. Currently an Iran SME (subject matter expert), analyst/commentator, and multi-linguist.