In Search of Truth
Reports on Mullahs's lobby in US
Editor: Hassan Daioleslam

Trita Parsi: A Green Resurrection
[27 Jan 2010]
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who has served informally as a Western-based spokesman for Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossen Moussavi told recently to the Washington Times : "I think Trita Parsi does not belong to the Green Movement. I feel his lobbying has secretly been more for the Islamic Republic."  more...

When Trita Parsi lies
NIAC membership
[10 Dec 2009]
Do NIAC and its president represent the Iranian-American? NIAC's internal documents obtained during a defamation lawsuit against me suggest that Parsi has repeatedly lied about his organization's membership.  more...

NIAC’s Smoke Screen and Intimidation Campaign
[08 Dec 2009]
Dokhi Fassihian emailed Trita parsi telling that she will contact NED official to use their resources and “hit me hard”: “I would talk to NED immediately about this and perhaps consult them on how to address this. They will have more resources and avenues to hit him hard.”  more...

Commentary Magazine
NIAC’s PR Offensive
[21 Nov 2009]
As the NIAC and Trita Parsi story unfolds in the wake of Eli Lake’s bombshell story, it is interesting to note just how it might be that many on the Left are simultaneously reaching the same conclusions (e.g., it’s all a neocon conspiracy, Parsi is besieged by an MEK agent).  more...

The Weekly Standard
Parsi: "NIAC Has a Good Name in Iran"
[21 Nov 2009]
Earlier this month, when Rep. Mark Kirk accused Trita Parsi, the Iranian national who heads the oddly named National Iranian American Council, of being a "regime sympathizer," NIAC accused Kirk of making a "slanderous allegation." Yet internal emails reveal that Parsi certainly did not see himself as an opponent of the regime in Tehran. In fact, Parsi was confident that an affiliation with NIAC would be looked upon favorably by officials in Iran.  more...

American Thinker
Trita Parsi: Iran's Nuclear Helper?
[21 Nov 2009]
Trita Parsi, the controversial founder and head of the National Iranian American Council (that may or may not have failed to follow the law in its failure to register as a foreign lobbyist) seems to have had a bit of a career advocating one thing the Iranian regime wants very much: the right to continue its rapidly accelerating nuclear enrichment program.  more...

The Corner on National Review Online
Let the Revisionism Begin
[21 Nov 2009]
Eli Lake broke a story today showing that the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) appears to have acted as a lobbyist for the Islamic Republic, in violation of its tax status and likely also in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Its staff seem to be abandoning the sinking ship.  more...

The Atlantic
Trita Parsi, Lobbyist for Iran
[21 Nov 2009]
A couple of weeks ago, I retracted my assertion that Trita Parsi, the head of the National Iranian American Council, did "leg-work" for the Iranian regime. I was trying to suggest, in a not-so artful way, that Parsi is trying to build his organization into an Iranian version of AIPAC, but "leg-work" seemed, in retrospect, like too harsh a description for his activities.  more...

Politico
Documents detail Iran engagement campaign
[21 Nov 2009]
Documents released by the National Iranian American Council in the course of its defamation lawsuit offer an unusually detailed a detailed look at the creation of a coalition that has worked, if with limited success, to steer the Obama administration away with confrontation with Iran and to lift sanctions against the country.  more...

Commentary Magazine
More NIAC
[21 Nov 2009]
Ben Smith, following on Eli Lake’s blockbuster story, has a must-read post on the emerging scandal concerning the mullahs’ favorite front group, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). The issues go far beyond whether NIAC has been illegally operating without registering as a foreign agent, and have ensnared NIAC’s close ally, none other than J Street.  more...

Capital J
Yes, Andrew, Trita Parsi is a story
[21 Nov 2009]
By Ron Kampeas · November 16, 2009 One of the risks of overreaching in a story is that the good, solid stuff gets buried. As I detailed on Friday, I think Eli Lake overreached in his Washington Times expose of the National Iranian American Council; evidence that NIAC should register as a foreign agent of Iran -- or that it lobbies for Iran -- seems, to me, to be sparse.  more...

Congressman Kirk’s remarks about NIAC
[07 Nov 2009]
Congressman Mark Kirk: “As Americans, how can we justify this apparent retreat from human rights? Are discredited arguments by regime sympathizers like NIAC swaying policy decisions by our State Department – even after June 12th?  more...

Gary Sick is angry at Ahmadinejad
[19 Sep 2009]
The Iranian uprising has destroyed the 30 year campaign by Sick and his friends to present the Mullahs regime as democratic and worthy of diplomatic relations. This campaign was necessary to justify the immoral and futile friendship with the Mullahs as part of US policy.  more...

Ray Takeyh will not go to the White House
[01 Sep 2009]
With Ross’s promotion and Takeyh’s return to CFR, the Iranian community could express a sigh of relief. This is also a right step toward protecting US national security.  more...

Obama’ policy toward Iran
[07 May 2009]
In a few months, the Obama administration will be faced with a real dilemma; either leading the world to confront the Iranian regime on the verge of acquiring the deadly weapon or, surrendering to those lobbies who with no hesitation will advance their own agenda to the detriment of US strategic interests. Could Obama resist these powerful lobbies? This is the question.  more...

Brzezinski and the Iranian Bomb
co-written with Keyvan Kaboli
[07 May 2009]
Brzezinski’s past views and judgments on Iran have always had three characteristics: Passing of time have proved them wrong; they profited the Iranian Mullahs; And finally, once his judgments were translated into policy, generations of people in the region have had to pay a heavy price to repair the damage.  more...

Parsi in the Congress: Dark day for the Iranian Community
[19 Mar 2009]
On March 11, Trita Parsi testified before the House International Monetary Policy Subcommittee. He was invited to “enlighten” the lawmakers about the “futility” of sanctions against the Iranian regime. In his testimony, Parsi started to pose as a defender of human rights and the Iranian-Americans. This new posture is obviously an attempt to repair his deep discredit inside the Iranian community....  more...

Iranian regime Recycling circus
[17 Feb 2009]
Mohammad Khatami's recent candidacy for presidency illustrates Mullahs masterful art in selling an archaic political system as an example of good governance and indigenous democracy. The United States has been so far one of the prime consumers of this Iranian "democratic" masquerade.  more...

Trita Parsi at Rutgers University
[27 Jan 2009]
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University will be hosting a two-day conference1 on the theme of "The Iranian Revolution: Thirty Years" on the weekend of February 7-8th, 2009. Judging by the selection of speakers and considering Rutgers' past activities, we could predict another conference satisfying both the Iranian regime and those who crave for "coexistence" with the Iranian Ayatollahs.  more...

Today's Iran Experts' report was already published in 2007
[18 Nov 2008]
Is it possible that they had no idea the draft suggested to them was already published a year ago under Trita Parsi's authorship? Is it truthful to dispatch this statement through the news wires as a hot out of the oven statement of scholars on national policy?  more...

Iran s lobby drooling in Washington bazaar
Interview with FrontPage Nov. 17
[18 Nov 2008]
I think that US policy will be finally dictated by the Iranian regime's behavior. Very soon, the new administration will confront the reality and will adopt a more robust policy than what President Bush has been pursuing. Very soon those who favor Iran will portray Obama as being under Israeli's order and infiltrated by NeoCons.  more...

Iranian-Americans: the key to dismantle the Iranian regime’s lobby in the US
[12 Nov 2008]
After several months of discussions, a group of Iranian Americans finally converged and founded the “Progressive American-Iranian Committee” (PAIC). This new organization is particularly focused on counteracting the Iranian regime's web of influence in the US. Last week, I interviewed Kayvan Kaboli, a co-founder of PAIC, and discussed this new group's manifesto and their means of achieving their...  more...

Guess who is coming for dinner
co-written with Keyvan Kaboli
[24 Sep 2008]
These "peace" trips to Iran became fashionable after Ahmadinejad's ascendance to presidency in 2005. Upon their return from Iran, these delegations behaved as the PR agents for one of the most brutal regimes on earth. Their trip diaries are ludicrous and disgraceful. They remind one of the cold war era visits to the Soviet Union when the returning visitors praised Stalin and the joyful Gulags.  more...

Iran's human side depicted by artist
[31 Aug 2008]
Loughlin's unbalanced view of the reality of the Iranian people undoubtedly plays directly into the hands of Iran's ruling elite, the message that Iranians are well, happy, and carefree are superficial and promote the Iranian regime's agenda to convince world leaders to use "diplomacy" and not violence as a means to deal with them.  more...

The Miserable End of an Iranian Lobbyist in the US
7.1.2008
[17 Jul 2008]
Amirahmadi, and Trita Parsi (his once director of AIC), are widely known as the mullahs' lobby in the US. While Houshang Amirahmadi now openly brags about being an Iranian lobbyist, many other Tehran lobbyists still hide behind made-up titles such as "empowering Iranian-Americans", or civil life advocates. So is Trita Parsi's episode of desperate confessions next?  more...

Robert Mugabe and the Iranian regime
American Chronicle, July 15, 2008
[15 Jul 2008]
If Mugabe had followed the Iranian regime's model of "democracy" not only his sham would have never been condemned by the UN, on the contrary, his regime could have been praised and respected. The recipe is easy and simple. Instead of becoming a presidential candidate, Mugabe could seat himself as the life term Supreme Leader.  more...

How to Deal with the Mullahs
Interview with Frontpage, July 14, 2008
[14 Jul 2008]
FP: What about giving Iran security guarantees in return of stopping the nuclear program? Daioleslam: Iran's main threat comes from the Iranian people. What kind of international guarantee could reconcile the Iranians with their rulers? Iran's surrender to the international exigencies will weaken the regime against the Iranian people. A clerical rule, confined to its borders and under strict international...  more...

Balli Group and NIAC
Ken Timmerman, frontpage, April8, 2008
[25 Jun 2008]
An Iranian-American lobbying organization that has been funded by grants from the congressionally-mandated National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and by left-wing groups is holding an invitation-only conference in a U.S. Senate office building on Tuesday, calling for “reassessing” U.S. strategy toward Iran. The lobbying group, the National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), boasts on its Web site...  more...

Intimidation Campaign
By: Kenneth Timmerman
[25 Jun 2008]
What could the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) possibly have in common? CAIR founders had close ties to Hamas, Palestinian Sunni Islamic extremists. NIAC and its main spokesman, Trita Parsi, have become apologists for the regime in Tehran, which exports a rival Shiite brand of Islamic extremism. Sunnis and Shias. We all know the story. They...  more...

Confronting Mullahs lobby in court
[25 Jun 2008]
Friends,
NIAC organization and Trita Parsi have filed a legal complaint against me. The complaint alleges that as the result of my statements and publications, Trita Parsi's character and reputation were harmed and his standing in the Iranian-American community and beyond were impaired and Parsi suffered mental anguish and personal humiliation.  more...

Party Animal Iranians Turning Islamic Fanatics: Investigative Reporting de Jour
[25 Jun 2008]
Seven Years later, Amanpour, still the CNN chief correspondent, reports on Iran. This time, instead of Western style party going youngsters, Iranians are depicted as fanatic Moslems beating chests, chanting militant slogans and ready for martyrdom. So why would Amanpour want to depict these as the overwhelming majority? The answer is in its timing.  more...

Barbarism in Tehran, Patriotism in Hollywood
[25 Jun 2008]
President Ahmadinejad's campaign to terrorize the people has reached unbearable levels. Besides a record number of executions, stoning and arrests, the degree of barbarism has horrified the Iranians. Broadcasting the hangings on TV, chanting and laughter of killers, interviewing the victims under the gallows have attained summits of barbarism unknown to Iran's younger generation.  more...

Columbia president honored by Iranians
[25 Jun 2008]
For many Iranian observers inside the country, the humiliation of Ahmadinejad at Columbia University is not seen as an isolated incident resulting from president Bullinger's temper. On the contrary, the Ahmadinejad's indictment is largely considered as a strong sign of change in US and international attitude toward the theocratic rule.  more...

NIE and Iranian internal politics
[25 Jun 2008]
There are many in the US who hope for a more moderate Iranian president in 2009. For them, such an outcome will aid the US to lower the cost of resolving its confrontation with Iran. Apparently, the political will behind the NIE has also been in the same direction. No doubt, the consequences of the report has been the successful strengthening of radical elements within the Iranian regime, along with...  more...

Where in the World is the Moderate Ayatollah?
[25 Jun 2008]
The relentless promotion of the hope for moderate rulers in Tehran has undoubtedly caused confusion in the American foreign policy. The price of this confusion has been heavy and has included the lives of Americans, billions of dollars of tax payers’ money, and even worse, the looming threat of Tehran’s mullahs as a nuclear super power dominant in the region. If it was not for the high cost, I...  more...

The Iranian regime's ears in Washington
Trita Parsi reports to Tehran
Considering Trita Parsi’s communications with Javad Zarif and Siamak Namazi in Tehran, it becomes particularly alarming when a man with such an extensive access to congressmen and women , senators and the governmental officials looks like the Tehran’s ears in Washington.    Hassan Dai  more...



NIAC’s internal documents-Series two
Trita Parsi: 2001-2002

Trita Parsi: Although the mission of the proposed lobby should be to improve relations between the US and Iran and open up opportunities for trade, the initial targets should be less controversial issues such as visas and racial profiling/discrimination.    Hassan Dai  more...

NIAC’s internal document-Series three
Trita Parsi'e collaboration with Siamak Namazi

Siamak Namazi to Parsi: “Agha, we need to carve out time to work on our discussion with Burns. If you have any policy papers I can look at, I could also start working on one for Hadley’s office. Once a draft is available, we can get input from our network and make it stronger.”    Hassan Dai  more...

NIAC’s internal Documents- Series four
Parsi’s communications with M. Javad Zarif in 2006-2007

Hope all is well and that you are back from Tehran. Would love to get a chance to see the proposal or to understand more what it entails. If it is substantial, then certainly members of Congress may find it a reasonable offer, even if the White House doesn’t Parsi    Hassan Dai  more...

NIAC’s internal documents (Series 5)
Funding from NED and EF

Parsi: I can tell you though that NIAC has a good name in iran and your association with it will not harm you. In fact, I believe two of our board members are in Iran as we speak!    Hassan Dai  more...

NIAC's internal documents, Series 5, Part 2
How did NIAC spend the Congressional Funds?

The review of the discovery documents suggests that Parsi and Mansouri’s main concern was to get the funds from NED and EF at any price and under any pretext. They also intended to not return the unused funds. These private communications suggest a pattern of deception and attempt to defraud the Congressional funds.    Hassan Dai  more...

Twelve years of pro-Tehran lobby

It is hard to explain how an old report is being recycled by such a prominent group of “Iran experts” and presented as a hot-out-of-oven roadmap for the new President. This puzzling "coincidence" is yet another loop in a chain of coincidental events that has made Trita Parsi the leading light of some influential Iran related circles in Washington.    Hassan Dai  more...

The Iranian Web of Influence in the United States

Shockingly, Balli Group represents the US Corporations Xerox and Caterpillar in Iran, and has numerous partnerships with other US corporations. How could the US companies enter the Iranian market while there are now more sanctions against Iran than there were a decade ago? These companies have profited from the loopholes in the sanction laws. Their actions have been possible because of the lack of political will in the US in enforcing the sanctions and closing its loopholes.    Hassan Dai  more...

The Iranian Lobby and the Israeli Decoy

The Iranian regime has always tried to frame its confrontation with International community and its own people, as a battle between Iran and Israel. This strategic campaign is the most visible in the US where Mullahs' advocacy organizations have followed suit and repeated the same arguments, of course dressed up to fit within the boundaries of local laws and norms.    Hassan Dai  more...

Iran’s Lobby in the U.S.
Interview with FrontPageMagazine.com , May 08, 2008

There are two distinct but related groups of people and organizations that are active in manipulating US policy toward Iran. The first is what I call the "Iranian regime's lobby" in the U.S. They are present in US media, think-tanks and a potpourri of various organizations. Their lobby activities are also focused on the US Congress. These groups have various degrees of connections to Tehran. The second group operates in conjunction with US business interests, and in particular with the oil industry.    Hassan Dai  more...

Ayatollahs’ Lobby In Washington Offering Human Rights as a Negotiating Item

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and its president Trita Parsi plan to organize a panel in the US House of Representatives on July 26th, 2007, titled “Human Rights in Iran and US Foreign Policy Options” [1]. According to the published agenda, representatives from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch will participate. The sponsors of the program (NIAC and Trita Parsi) are key players in the lobby enterprise of Tehran’s ayatollahs in the United States. The Iranian regime’s violations of human rights have reached unprecedented levels. Its barbaric suppression of women,...    Hassan Dai  more...

Negotiation, the path to war with Iran
Interview with FrontPageMagazine.com, June 4, 2008

The last and probably the most catastrophic chapter of secret dealings with Iran happened under President Bush and with respect to Iraq. US was involved in secrete dialogues with Iran prior to invading Iraq. US was well aware that the Iraq’s future, at least for several years, would be under the Iranian influence. Prior to May 3rd, 2003, when the last meeting was held between the two countries in Geneva, US had bent backwards to appease Tehran’s rulers, hopping that in return, Iran will be less intrusive in Iraq’s affairs. We now know that it was a futile wish…    Hassan Dai  more...

Return from Paradise in the Left Lane

Through CASMII, segments of the left and the anti-war movement in the United States have channeled their critique of the war and the current US administration to support the most radical elements of the Iranian regime. These American personalities and groups have clearly crossed the line and have become ardent advocates of one of the most notorious dictatorships of the modern history, with no regards for the Iranian people, the prime victims of these dictators.    Hassan Dai  more...

An Iranian Embassy in Boston

The United States’ goal is to create a back door channel to the mullahs in Iran, a de facto Iranian embassy. Nevertheless, this “embassy” is acting more like a Trojan horse than an ambassadorial channel. These former diplomats are field commanders for running the mullahs lobby machinery, rather than peace ambassadors bridging nations.    Hassan Dai  more...

Iran: America's Sophie's choice

Robert Gates has recently admitted that: "I have been involved in the search for the elusive Iranian moderate for 30 years. (Laughter.) I was in the first meeting that took place between a senior U.S. government official and the leadership of the Iranian government in Algiers at the end of October, 1979. Every administration since then has reached out to the Iranians in one way or another and all have failed. Some have gotten into deep trouble associated with their failures, but the reality is the Iranian leadership has been consistently unyielding over a very long period of time in response to...    Hassan Dai  more...

Congressman Kucinich Must Find a Better Role Model than Bob Ney

We note that the two Ohio congressmen have offered different justifications for their friendly gestures towards the Iranian mullahs. While Bob Ney claimed defense of US economic interests, Kucinich offers the more noble cause of preventing war with Iran. If this is indeed true, surely his peaceful inspirations could find a more suitable partner than Trita Parsi. Note that this individual was the advisor of Ney, a vehement defender of war with Iraq and the instigator of the "freedom fries" charade.    Hassan Dai  more...

Iran’s Oil Mafia: Penetrating the US Political System

In 1999, Parsi and Namazi presented a joint paper titled, “Iranian-Americans: The bridge between two nations,” at the DAPIA conference organized by the Iranian government in Cypress.26 This report comprises the manifesto and roadmap of the new Iranian lobby in the US. In this paper, the authors suggest that: “an Iranian-American lobby is needed in order to create a balance between the competing Middle Eastern lobbies. Without it, Iran-bashing may become popular in Congress again.” The “competing lobby” was AIPAC (American Israeli Public Affairs Committee).    Hassan Dai  more...

Iran’s 2003 Grand Bargain Offer: Secrets, Lies, and Manipulation

Couldn't the Swiss ambassador deliver the message directly to the White House without asking for Ney and Parsi’s help? In reality, the Iranian regime had entrusted Parsi and his boss so much that when three years later, in 2006, the situation was worsening again for the regime of Tehran, Parsi was once again given a new (and different) copy of the 2003 offer and called upon to reconstruct the smoke screen    Hassan Dai  more...

Pro-Ayatollahs Disinformation and Manipulation Campaign by Washington Think Tankers

Dr Takeyh’s writings are the prime example of pro-Iran cerebral advocacy. Through studying Takeyh’s works, we demonstrate how the pro-Iranian circles advance their campaign in the United States. The tactic for CFR and Dr. Takeyh is to fuel a permanent hope that the Iranian power structure is experiencing a self-transformation to a more pragmatic regime that will eventually accommodate international norms. For these pro-Tehran champions, whatever happens in Iran, there would be a pragmatic faction ready to have a deal with the U.S!    Hassan Dai  more...

Flirting with the Mullahs
Mohammad Parvin and Hassan Daioleslam

Embracing Iranian mullahs or their lobbyists in the US will not bring us closer to peace. It emboldens the war mongers in Tehran. It buys them time to pursue their aggressive strive to gain hegemony in the region and the world. To prevent a disastrous war with Iran, stop mullah’s lobbyists    Hassan Dai  more...

Did the NIAC Defraud the National Endowment for Democracy and Congress

In fact Hamyaran which organized the workshop is not an NGO but a government initiated false flag agency incepted, initiated, founded and managed by the theocratic regime of Iran. At the time Hamyaran was managed by the Deputy Minister and Under Secretary of Health Hossein Malek- Afzali.    Hassan Dai  more...

Iranian regime's web of influence
A money trail

, how can a wealthy country manage to confront the US and the UN, and at the same time be the recipient of West’s generous support? The credit for that goes to Tehran’s effective web of influence in the US. Here is a glimpse at the web:    Hassan Dai  more...

Iranian regime, the War in Gaza and Trita Parsi

Parsi's article is a clear example of how pro-Tehran advocacy groups in Washington have pursued two simultaneous goals: to portray the Iranian regime as a victim rather than partly responsible for the Middle East turmoil and to present Israel as the main entity responsible for the impasse in Iran-US relations. In fact, they have "used" the Israeli decoy as an important part of their overall campaign to lift the pressure off the Iranian regime.    Hassan Dai  more...

The Iranian revolt and the role of pro- appeasement lobby in the US

The pro-appeasement advocates are currently hard at work to limit the impact of the Iranian revolt and save their much publicized path of coexistence with the Iranian regime. They use every imaginable argument to prevent Obama from discarding the regime´s latest mockery of its elections. Obama´s refusal to approve the Iranian electoral show would delegitimize Ahmadinejad and Khamenei and renders future negotiations meaningless.    Hassan Dai  more...

Gullibility & Guile: the Ben-Ami—Parsi   Daniel Zucker

Using Amnesty and Human Rights for change in Iran   Ghazal Omid

The UN's Gravy Train to Iran