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Let’s talk about the @nytimes’ latest attempt to provide life support for the regime in #Iran, co-authored by @farnazfassihi, a known Tehran apologist/lobbyist.
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The NYT authors claim the sanctions will have “little practical impact.”
My question for the NYT authors: So why all the concerns & why go through the trouble of writing this article?
Any thoughts @farnazfassihi?
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While the NYT piece title claims to cite “Iranians,” the first actual individual quoted is the editor in chief of a state-run outlet associated to the terrorist-designated Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
Question for @farnazfassihi: You couldn’t do any better? Seriously?
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What the authors will not tell you is that various reports place Khamenei’s assets at valuing nearly $200 billion, according to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Reuters reported back in 2013:
"Setad's holdings of real estate, corporate stakes and other assets total about $95 billion..."
reuters.com/investigates/i…
So who do they recite?
The spokesman of an ultra-conservative body in Iran that vets all candidates’ loyalty to the supreme leader before they can even participate in any regime-staged elections.
Question for @farnazfassihi: You couldn’t do any better? Seriously?
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Here the NYT piece authors blow their cover completely.
They are concerned about the regime & @JZarif, not about the Iranian people.
They further blow their cover by describing Zarif as a “moderate.”
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The NYT piece authors, however, won’t tell you how the “moderate” @JZarif
-has close relations w/ the terrorist-designated IRGC
-is fond of the terrorist-designated Hezbollah
-& always defends Iran's policy of sending proxies/terrorists in support of Syrian dictator Assad.
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The NYT piece authors then cite “Ali Gholizadh” (@aqolizadeh), describing him as a “reform advocate.”
Of course, they won’t tell you how this “reform advocate” is quite fond of parroting Zarif’s talking points & loves to praise the terrorist-designated IRGC.
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Of course, the NYT piece authors will not tell you that Iran’s regime has been violating the Obama-blessed 2015 nuclear deal all along.
newsmax.com/adamturner/gin…
In their last attempt to paint a dovish image of Iran’s regime, the NYT piece authors cite Hesameddin Ashena (@hesamodin1), an advisor to the mullahs’ president.
Again they describe another regime figure as “moderate.”
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I’m reassured further about this NYT piece seeking to provide life support for Tehran’s mullahs when I see another Iran apologist/lobbyist, @BahmanKalbasi, tweet about it.
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And of course, die-hard Obama loyalists such as @brhodes & @ColinKahl who blueprinted the highly flawed 2015 nuclear deal, are also rushing to the support of the mullahs’ ruling Iran.
Makes you think, doesn’t it?
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For me, it is surprise seeing the NYT rush to the support of Iran’s ruthless mullahs.
This thread shows their ties to Tehran.