# The Epstein files: what we know about his links to Iran
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-09-01 · read 2026-09-07

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1w4dx08/

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## Who is named (25)

- [Sir Douglas Leese](https://truthscore.com/entity/069d71eb)
- [United Nations General Assembly](https://truthscore.com/entity/0e2ba638)
- [US state department](https://truthscore.com/entity/145d1dee)
- [New York Times report (May 2017)](https://truthscore.com/entity/16c3c1af)
- [James Baker](https://truthscore.com/entity/16e17ddd)
- [Donald Trump](https://truthscore.com/entity/1d81dc68)
- [Bank of Credit and Commerce International](https://truthscore.com/entity/1e108a41)
- [Jeffrey Epstein](https://truthscore.com/entity/1e6a5f26)
- [Robert Trivers](https://truthscore.com/entity/222d9544)
- [New York](https://truthscore.com/entity/22475e97)
- [Norinco](https://truthscore.com/entity/2730a804)
- [Ari Ben-Menashe](https://truthscore.com/entity/2bb978c3)
- [Ali Akbar Javanfekr](https://truthscore.com/entity/58820b74)
- [A Nation Under Blackmail (2022)](https://truthscore.com/entity/5e971fa6)
- [Robert Maxwell](https://truthscore.com/entity/78b2f2bf)
- [Letter (March 24, 2018)](https://truthscore.com/entity/a7915930)
- [Adnan Khashoggi](https://truthscore.com/entity/b965a4bf)
- [Social media images (recent days)](https://truthscore.com/entity/ba3add30)
- [Alireza Ittihadieh](https://truthscore.com/entity/c6b73aff)
- [Iran](https://truthscore.com/entity/cdc97f9c)
- [Hassan Rouhani](https://truthscore.com/entity/d3754c27)
- [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](https://truthscore.com/entity/d89c30c0)
- [US Department of Justice](https://truthscore.com/entity/f034d22a)
- [Steven Hoffenberg](https://truthscore.com/entity/f3d0e042)
- [Fadel Meybodi](https://truthscore.com/entity/ff94ee1d)

## What it added

- [Robert Trivers wrote a letter that refers to a meeting between Jeffrey Epstein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York after Ahmadinejad’s United Nations General…](https://truthscore.com/claim/50adfcd1)
  > Among the emails released from the Jeffrey Epstein case is a letter written by Robert Trivers, a prominent American evolutionary biologist, referring to a meeting between Epstein and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s former president.
- [The letter is dated March 24, 2018.](https://truthscore.com/claim/24a1fcfc)
  > The letter, dated March 24, 2018, appears among millions of documents released as part of the Epstein case.
- [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad traveled to New York eight times between August 2005 and July 2013 during his presidency to attend and address the United Nations General…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ff56db59)
  > Ahmadinejad traveled to New York eight times between August 2005 and July 2013 during his eight-year presidency to attend and address the United Nations General Assembly.
- [Ali Akbar Javanfekr rejected the claim of a meeting between Epstein and Ahmadinejad, stating it never took place.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ef870250)
  > Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad’s former media adviser, responded to the disclosure on February 1, rejecting the claim outright.
- [In May 2017, Alireza Ittihadieh forwarded parts of a New York Times report to Jeffrey Epstein about Donald Trump’s speech on Iran and related policy.](https://truthscore.com/claim/faed1c89)
  > In May 2017, Ittihadieh forwarded parts of a New York Times report to Epstein addressing then-President Donald Trump’s speech on Iran, his efforts to build closer ties with Sunni‑majority countries in the region, particularly Saudi Arabia, and social reactions inside Iran following the electoral defeat of Ebrahim Raisi.
- [The New York Times report included a quote from political activist Fadel Meybodi about challenges faced by President Hassan Rouhani.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7d768081)
  > The report included a quote from Fadel Meybodi, a political activist, pointing to the challenges faced by then‑President Hassan Rouhani in expanding social freedoms and breaking hardliners’ monopoly over state media such as Iran’s national broadcaster.
- [Jeffrey Epstein replied to the email saying, “I told you this would happen. Before things get better, they will get much worse.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/3ebf967f)
  > Epstein replied to the email by writing: “I told you this would happen. Before things get better, they will get much worse.”
- [One year later, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.](https://truthscore.com/claim/748f4e93)
  > One year later, Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal.
- [In July 2018, Jeffrey Epstein requested technical information about a Boeing business jet from Alireza Ittihadieh.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1a820d38)
  > In an email dated July 2018, the tone of the correspondence changed. Epstein requested technical information about a Boeing business jet, asking Ittihadieh for detailed specifications and maintenance schedules.
- [In the same July 2018 email, Jeffrey Epstein described Donald Trump’s statements about a deal with Iran as “madness.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/4c4b564c)
  > In the same message, Epstein referred to Trump’s statements expressing interest in reaching a deal with Iran, describing the approach as “madness.”
- [Alireza Ittihadieh replied, “Let's keep our friendship and talk politics, you are after free information and I NO longer provide free information.”](https://truthscore.com/claim/95ba8894)
  > Ittihadieh responded by writing: “Let's keep our friendship and talk politics, you are after free information and I NO longer provide free information.”
- [In later exchanges, Alireza Ittihadieh told Jeffrey Epstein that another offer for a jet had been received and that accepting it was likely.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1a7a7b70)
  > In later exchanges, when Epstein inquired about the sale of a jet, Ittihadieh replied that another offer had been received and that accepting that offer was likely.
- [Recent social‑media images have highlighted passages from a book alleging Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement in arms sales to Iran during the Iran‑Iraq war.](https://truthscore.com/claim/737a3cef)
  > In recent days, images circulating on social media have highlighted passages from a book alleging Epstein’s involvement in arms sales to the Islamic Republic during the Iran‑Iraq war.
- [The book claims that Epstein’s connections with Iran date back to the 1980s and 1990s, involving covert arms trafficking, money laundering and intelligence…](https://truthscore.com/claim/25bd3018)
  > According to the book, Epstein’s connections with Iran date back not to the final years of his life, but primarily to the 1980s and 1990s, involving covert activities in arms trafficking, money laundering, and intelligence networks.
- [Steven Hoffenberg said Epstein received training in the early 1980s from Sir Douglas Leese in arms smuggling, shell‑company creation and money laundering.](https://truthscore.com/claim/16ee4591)
  > According to statements by Steven Hoffenberg, a former close associate of Epstein, Epstein received training in the early 1980s under Sir Douglas Leese, whom Hoffenberg described as instructing Epstein in arms smuggling, the creation of shell companies, and money laundering.
- [Steven Hoffenberg said that by 1983 Epstein was directly involved in the sale of Chinese weapons to Iran through the state‑owned company Norinco.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ccb59e92)
  > Hoffenberg has said that by 1983, Epstein was directly involved in the sale of Chinese weapons to Iran through the state‑owned company Norinco, at the height of the Iran‑Iraq war.
- [Steven Hoffenberg claimed these activities were part of an operation running in parallel with the Iran‑Contra affair, involving Epstein, Sir Douglas Leese and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/28bbacb3)
  > Hoffenberg claims these activities were carried out as part of an operation running “in parallel” with the Iran‑Contra affair. According to this account, Epstein, Douglas Leese, and Adnan Khashoggi, the well‑known Saudi arms dealer, worked together in these dealings.
- [Financing and money transfers for the operation relied heavily on the services of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).](https://truthscore.com/claim/eb5eba84)
  > Under this narrative, financing and money transfers relied heavily on the services of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI)...
- [Ari Ben‑Menashe claimed that Robert Maxwell sought to involve Jeffrey Epstein in the transfer and sale of Israeli military equipment to Iran.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ddefbcbc)
  > In another account, Ari Ben‑Menashe, a former Israeli intelligence officer, has claimed that Robert Maxwell, the British‑Czech media tycoon and owner of the Mirror Group, sought to involve Epstein in the transfer and sale of military equipment and weapons from Israel to Iran as part of intelligence operations.
- [Jeffrey Epstein leased a mansion on East 69th Street in Manhattan starting in 1992.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9ed4d118)
  > According to available records, he leased a mansion on East 69th Street in Manhattan starting in 1992.
- [The property had previously served as the residence of Iran’s consul general in New York.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3d79fcf1)
  > The property had previously served as the residence of Iran’s consul general in New York.
- [The building was seized by the US government in 1980 following the 1979 Iranian revolution.](https://truthscore.com/claim/5f5ec6c7)
  > The building, often described as a “small castle,” was seized by the US government in 1980 following the 1979 Iranian revolution...
- [During James Baker’s tenure as Secretary of State, the US State Department leased the property to Jeffrey Epstein for $15,000 per month.](https://truthscore.com/claim/358e4cdd)
  > During the tenure of Secretary of State James Baker, the US State Department leased the property to Epstein for a monthly rent of 15,000 dollars.
- [The US State Department later sued Jeffrey Epstein for subleasing the mansion to others for $20,000 per month.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e1daf53f)
  > The department later sued Epstein for subleasing the mansion to others for 20,000 dollars per month.

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