Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

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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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In line with Iran’s state-media in their attempts to help the mullahs save face following new sanctions targeting Khamenei & the IRGC, the NYT piece describes Tehran’s response as “measured.”

You be the judge:

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The entire article is based on a supposed tweet (which the NYT piece fails to provide a link to) claiming the Iranian people are against U.S. sanctions targeting the regime.

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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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And BTW, in regards to the word “reformers” used by the NYT piece authors, they are referring to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

As a reminder, reports indicate over 3,800 people have been executed under the watch of the “moderate/reformist” Rouhani.

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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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To be fair, let us listen to their arguments a bit further:

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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…

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Reuters reported back in 2013:

"Setad's holdings of real estate, corporate stakes and other assets total about $95 billion..."
reuters.com/investigates/i…

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Moving on.

Here’s the next argument provided by the NYT piece authors, yet they fail to cite a single name or even interview a person on the streets of Iran.

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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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The NYT piece authors continue the bogus “hardliners/reformists” notion of Iran’s political atmosphere. And they interestingly cite an IRGC mouthpiece.

My thoughts: What happened to those “Iranians”? Only regime officials?

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Here, the NYT piece authors again blow their cover by parroting the regime’s concerns, not those of the Iranian people:
U.S. sanctions targeting the mullahs’ oil revenues.

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Of course, the NYT piece authors will not tell you how Iran’s regime uses these revenues to fuel terrorism & foreign warmongering.

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And here we see the NYT piece authors legitimizing Iran’s measures of violating the 2015 nuclear deal.

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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…

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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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See how this “moderate” resorts to threats.

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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.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1021491283167268864