Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

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Shahab Dehghani, an Iranian student studying in Boston, was deported from the U.S. on Tuesday night.

A long list of Iran apologists/lobbyists, especially those with ties to Tehran’s DC-based lobby group @NIACouncil, began protesting.

Let’s take a closer look.

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Shahab Dehghani is the son of Kamal Dehghani Firouzabadi, a member of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) who has very close ties to senior Iranian regime officials, including @JZarif, Majlis speaker Ali Larijani & even Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.

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Such individuals in Iran are termed as “aghazadeh,” meaning the children of senior officials who enjoy special privileges. They live luxurious lives abroad with vast riches stolen from the Iranian people.

Sasha Sobhani is another “aghazadeh.”

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1177265405351669760?s=20

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These images of Sasha Sobhani show his relations with senior Iranian officials, such as @JZarif & @Ahmadinejad1956, and showing off with the money his father stole from the Iranian people...

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While millions live in poverty, Iran activists ask where do regime officials' children ("Aghazadeh") live?
Rouhani's daughter - Austria
His niece & her husband - UK
Larijani's daughter - US
Zarif's son - US
Son of Ebtekar (VP) - US
Grandson of Khomeini (regime founder) – US

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Back to Dehghani. He was in Iraq last November after the Iranian regime banned travel to Iraq due to escalating protests there. Dehghani must have had a special visa to go there at the time.

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Matin Moghaddas (@kidmatin), a close friend of Dehghani, is a staunch Iran loyalist who organized protests in Boston over Dehghani’s deportation.

On Twitter, Matin promotes terrorism and tweets in support of the terrorist designated IRGC & the now dead Qassem Soleimani.

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Matin messaged Dehghani during his visit to Karbala, southern Iraq, a city where Iranian proxies enjoy strong influence and its quite interesting to see Dehghani travelling to such a site.

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The likes of Dehghani hold such sessions in the U.S. promoting the Iranian regime.
Notice images of the mullahs’ leaders.
Reminder: This is inside the U.S., not Iran.

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Sajjad Soltan Mohammadi, who participated in protests against Dehghani’s deportation, is seen in a anti-Semitism conference in the U.S. among a group of Iranian and Iraqi immigrants who have close ties with Tehran’s regime.

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Ashkan Haji Hosseinlou also participated in protests against Dehghani’s deportation. You should know that he is the son of Nasser Haji Hosseinlou who has very close business ties with Iran’s terrorist designated Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

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Quite interesting to see MSM & Iran apologists/lobbyists go overboard on this:
@jrezaian – criticized for his pro-Iran WaPo columns
@BahmanKalbasi – criticized for pushing Tehran’s talking points in BBC & BBC Persian
@NegarMortazavi – criticized for her close ties w/ @JZarif

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Get to know Negar Mortazavi, a @NIACouncil alumni who has very close relations with Zarif & @IlhanMN.

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Get to know Ebrahim Mohseni who works for the University of Maryland & is busy producing fake polls about the mullahs enjoying vast support.

He speaks at the Atlantic Council, a known pro-Iran think tank.

Mohseni has also given speeches at IRGC Basij paramilitary events.

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"Professor Marandi, amongst many other bodies, heads the University of Tehran Centre for Public Opinion Research (UTCPOR), which is monitored by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Mohseni is one of Marandi's proteges... "
thecommentator.com/article/6281/i…

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Listen to the remarks of this former Iranian intelligence minister explain how Tehran uses “reporters” in foreign countries.

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Now listen to @NIACouncil founder @tparsi parrot @JZarif's talking points.

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It’s also quite interesting to see Elizabeth Warren so involved in this case.

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Maybe this has something to do with Warren’s interests in this case:

“Breaking Bombshell: Elizabeth Warren’s Son-in-Law Produced Film Funded by Iranian Government”
breitbart.com/politics/2020/…

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Important reminder:

“Iran Has Spies Across U.S., Officials Warn After Tehran Posts $3M Bounty on Trump”
freebeacon.com/national-secur…

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Important reminder:

“US sentences 2 Iranian men to prison for spying”
“An FBI investigation found that the two men were spying on American citizens”
abcnews.go.com/International/…

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Important reminder:

“Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal: Iran official”
foxnews.com/politics/obama…

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My thoughts:

The U.S. needs to be very careful about who it allows in soil from Iran.

Tehran has been sending its moles to America for decades.

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Conclusion?

Yours to make. Thank you for reading this thread.

I welcome any & all constructive feedback.

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ADDENDUM:
-@mahyarsorour is the Senior Legislative Assistant to
@Ilhan/@IlhanMN
-@ethanazad is a staff member of @RepRashida's office
-@samira_says is a permanent Legislative Assistant in the Office of @RepBarbaraLee
-and more Iranian apologists/lobbyists...