(NL Times) VVD Member of the Tweede Kamer Ulysse Ellian revealed he was intimidated by the Iranian government, describing a threatening email from the Iranian embassy in The Hague that suggested the regime was monitoring him. The email, sent over three years ago, warned Ellian of his Iranian nationality “through the blood of [his] father” and claimed Iranian law applied to him.
The message also stated that renouncing his unrequested Iranian citizenship would require him to complete mandatory military service in Iran. “It is frightening and makes you feel powerless,” Ellian told RTL Nieuws. “Non-believers are never left alone. Never.”
Ellian, 36, received the email just weeks after being sworn in as a member of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament. “It was a list of legal texts referencing Iranian laws,” Ellian explained.
