Ahmadinejad cameraman defects to US during UNGA meeting 10/01/2012 JPost http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=286203 \t _blank http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=286203 A cameraman accompanying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defected to the United States during the Iranian delegation's visit to the United Nations General Assembly, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. A lawyer for the cameraman, Hassan Gol Khanban, confirmed to the Journal that his client was seeking asylum in the US.