An "obscure" leader -who may or not be in an Iranian jail -and it may not be his real name... and who in the name of all that swims, flies or crawls is"terrorism expert Sajjan Gohe "?
This is desperately poor journalism.

The only difference between this and "1984" is that the Ministry of Truth did at least go to considerable lengths to ensure consistency as it falsified history.
Now, even that can be safely dispensed wiith.

But, of course, if he is in an IRANIAN jail: well, they must be helping him! Pre-emptive action, methinks.