Some clarifications:
The Baseej (also spelt Basij) para-military (militia), which falls under the command of IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp) are also known as “Ansar_e Hezbollah”. Not the same Hezbollah in the Lebanon, but same ideology & a line of command linked to the Supreme Leader of IRI in Iran.
The basis for MOIS (aka VEVAK) was SAVAK (the organization, which was created during the Shah’s era).
MOIS is distinct from the Baseej (Ansar_e Hezbollah) in that MOIS, shortly after its creation under the Khomeinist (IRI) Regime in Iran, evolved and became an Intelligence & Security Agency, the equivalent of Mossad or the CIA.
MOIS is said to be responsible for eliminating Iranian Political dissidents particularly outside Iran. It is also responsible, for example, for infilterating various Iranian Political groups, collecting intelligence, and feeding disinformation both inside, and particularly outside Iran.
>>>>”I don’t find it in the least conspiratorial to wonder if LC was kidnapped and shipped away on the ‘Tehran Express.’”
Very possible.
Sorry if I am not being too lucid at the moment. It is late at night here. More on this perhaps tomorrow. :)