Monica Elfriede Witt (born (1979-04-08)8 April 1979) is a former enlisted special agent with the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and military intelligence defense contractor who has been charged with espionage against the United States.
Born in Texas, Witt enlisted with the US Air Force in 1997 as a linguist, and studied the Persian language at the Defense Language Institute before becoming an Airborne Cryptologic Language Analyst.
She was then assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI) as a counterintelligence special agent until separating from the Air Force in 2008.
She continued working in intelligence as a military contractor until 2010.
After her 2012 conversion to Islam in Iran, Witt became increasingly focused on the religion and region.
Her master's degree capstone presentation lauded them both, and she was soon affiliated with Marzieh Hashemi, a suspected Iranian intelligence operative.
With Hashemi's assistance, Witt defected to Iran in 2013, and provided the Islamic republic with assistance and intelligence stemming from her work for and with the US government.
She is a fugitive from a US Department of Justice indictment for espionage.