Originally Posted by xerxes

He is a traitor to his country, because he deserted and now will make damage to Iran's national security. That is fully independent of the fact that one might be pro-Islamic regime or pro-Shah regime. Had he took his troops and attempted a coup d'etat, I would have respected him. But selling critical information to West (the enemy) is the work of coward and not a patriot. The samegoes for General Oveissi of the Shah regime, who instead of helping the shah's last Imperial government, he fled to Paris. He is a traitor also..