„Major Ahmad-Reza Khosravi, 39, a pilot in the helicopter unit of the Iranian Security Services, fled Iran to Turkey in March 2015 after he was refused repeated requests to be discharged from the military, requests he made due to ideological differences with the regime. Recently the subject of an apparent kidnap plan to bring him back to Iran, Khosravi has now gone public with his criticism of the Iranian leadership.
In a face-to-face interview with The Times of Israel in the Turkish city of Van where he is now residing, Khosravi said if the regime does not stop threatening his wife and son, who are still in Iran, he will seek to harm the regime in any way he can.
‚If you do not leave me alone and stop harassing my family, I will seek asylum in Israel and start fighting you, even with arms,‘ Khosravi said, in a message to Iran’s leaders that he delivered in the interview with the Times of Israel’s Persian edition.“ (Bericht in der Tageszeitung Times of Israel: „Iranian pilot defects, threatens regime he’ll seek asylum in Israel“)
