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Iranian nuclear defector: A policy failure
[27 Jul 2010]
The CIA has revealed that Shahram Amiri, the Iranian nuclear “scientist” who returned back to Tehran, was one of the sources for the much disputed “National Intelligence Estimate” in 2007. Amiri’s return has embarrassed the CIA, gave a much needed “victory” to the isolated regime of Tehran and finally strengthened the suspicion that he could have been a double agent from the beginning. more...
A former Iranian diplomat and terrorist turns to scholar at Princeton
[19 May 2010]
The Iranian community, at the very least, demands an explanation from Princeton University and the State Department officials who have offered a VIP entrance for such individuals with known criminal and terrorist backgrounds. It is safe to assume that Mr. Mousavian’s educational credentials and academic achievements could not warrant fellowship and open doors at Princeton! more...
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...