I am surprised by the summons for questioning, because the research of which I am a co-author is the intellectual property of the Hudson Institute - the SSS should be interested in the fact that yesterday several hundred of our citizens were shouting in front of the Iranian Embassy: “Khamenei, we are ready to carry out your orders,” - this was stated by Giorgi Kandelaki, a member of the “Soviet Past Research Laboratory,” to journalists outside Tbilisi City Court.

According to him, “the threat is not the research, which is merely a recording of already known events and facts, but the threat is everything that has been happening throughout this entire time.”

“I am surprised by these summonses, because everything written in the research of which I am a co-author - it is the intellectual property and research of the Hudson Institute - is publicly known; nothing is written there that is not publicly known. Neither Tina Khidasheli nor Gubaz Sanikidze said anything that was not already known. Yesterday, when several hundred of our citizens were shouting in front of the Iranian Embassy that ‘Khamenei, we are ready to carry out your orders,’ is that not a threat? Or the fact that Al-Mustafa University is sanctioned - why is it sanctioned, is that not known? Everything is public. The threat is not the research, which is merely a recording of already known events and facts, but the threat is everything that has been happening throughout this entire time.

The SSS should be interested in what was shouted yesterday: ‘Khamenei, we are ready to carry out your orders,’” - stated Giorgi Kandelaki.

For information: At Tbilisi City Court, as part of the investigation launched by the State Security Service (SSS), Giorgi Kandelaki, a member of the “Soviet Past Research Laboratory,” arrived for questioning before a magistrate judge.

For information: Givi Targamadze, Tina Khidasheli, Gubaz Sanikidze, and Giorgi Kandelaki have been summoned for questioning within the framework of an ongoing investigation under Article 319 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which pertains to assistance to a foreign country, a foreign organization, or an organization subordinated to foreign control in hostile activities.