Alexandre Goodarzy wasn’t really a spy at all. He was a genuine humanitarian worker, working with a Christian group, SOS Chrétiens d’Orient, that actually was dedicated to aiding people in war-torn Syria. 

But in January 2020, while on a trip to Baghdad to attend a Shi’ite Muslim commemoration as a Christian representative as a gesture toward healing the divisions of the war in Iraq, Goodarzy was kidnapped and later charge with spying.