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Did you know that Rep. Ilhan Omar has ties with #Iran’s lobby group @NIACouncil?
Let’s dig in.
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@mahyarsorour is the Senior Legislative Assistant to Rep. Omar.
Sorour was a candidate for NIAC Action's leadership board back in July 2019.
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-Rep. Omar has ties with @NegarMortazavi
-Mortazavi has ties with Iran's lobby group NIAC
-Mortazavi also has very close ties with @JZarif
-Is Mortazavi relaying Zarif's talking points to Omar?
I believe so.
4)
Rep. Omar pushes the "sanctions" talking point of Iran's regime seen in Zarif's tweets.
And NIAC picks up on Omar’s tweets.
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Rep. Omar was angry over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to eliminate the world’s leading terrorist Qassem Soleimani.
Notice how Rep. Omar carefully described Soleimani as a “foreign official.”
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For the record, here are more of Rep. Omar’s tweets pushing Iran’s talking points
-Trump wants war with Iran (which Trump actually prevented)
-Trump should reinstate (Obama’s) Iran nuclear deal
-Sanctions are “economic warfare” (getting it from Zarif himself)
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Rep. Omar apparently doesn’t understand the consequences of her remarks?
When Iran’s official English TV outlet @PressTV praises her, she should make crystal clear her position about Tehran’s mullahs & distance herself from the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
8)
Background:
@tparsi founded NIAC & enjoyed unprecedented access to the Obama White House (most likely through Ben Rhodes) prior to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
“Former Iranian Official, Pro-Tehran Lobbyist Hosted at Obama White House Dozens of Times”
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
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Parsi is now the VP of @QuincyInst, a Washington, D.C., think tank that has promoted anti-Semitic voices and parroted pro-Iran talking points.
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
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Finally, Iran took advantage of Obama/Biden’s appeasement & had its apologists/lobbyists push its talking points freely.
They should not be allowed to continue.
For starters, the U.S. should pursue an investigation into Tehran’s lobby arm NIAC.
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
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