Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

1)
RED FLAG
Meet @ManaKharrazi, a members of #Iran’s lobby in Washington, who has very close relations with certain DC politicians.

@ManaKharrazi 2)
Khrarrazi will introduce herself as the Executive Director of Iranian Alliances Across Borders (@IAABsays).

Now let’s dig into what Kharrazi will not tell you.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays 3)
Kharrazi has very close relations to @NIACouncil, Tehran’s main DC-based lobby group.

Iranians hate NIAC & use this hashtag to describe the group:
#NIACLobbies4Mullahs

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil 4)
Kharrazi has close relations with Samira Damavandi (@samira_says).

Damavandi is a NIAC member & a permanent Legislative Assistant in the Office of @RepBarbaraLee.

That could potentially give her (and the regime in Iran) access to U.S. citizens' data.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee 5)
Royce rebuked a woman who identified herself as being from NIAC after she claimed US sanctions are preventing Iranians from receiving "medicine & food."
"That’s propaganda put out by the Iranian regime," Royce said to Samira Damavandi.
freebeacon.com/national-secur…

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee 6)
Kharrazi also has close ties with @codepink, which often gathers various NIAC members & alumni such as @jabdi, @tparsi & @samira_says, alongside other die-hard Iran apologists such as @barbaraslavin1.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 7)
More of Kharrazi’s close ties with Codepink members Lily Tajaddini (@lilytaj5) & @YosiBadie.

BTW, Tajaddini’s Twitter bio reads: “NH GOTV Operations for @BernieSanders”

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders 8)
Kharrazi was at the Obama White House during an Iranian New Year (Nowrouz) festival along with @nargesbajoghli, another Iran apologist/lobbyist who pushes Tehran’s talking points in U.S. media, including, of course, the @nytimes.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes 9)
It is also worth noting that Kharrazi’s IAAB & NIAC also have close ties with the controversial group CAIR (@CAIRNational).

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational 10)
Another image depicting Kharrazi’s close relationship with @IlhanMN & @RashidaTlaib.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib 11)
It is also worth nothing that Kharrazi easily travels back and forth to Iran, including as early as November 2017 to Kermanshah, western Iran.

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib 12)
Reminder:
“Obama administration granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians during nuclear deal: Iran official”
foxnews.com/politics/obama…

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib 13)
Furthermore, in the case of the recent deportation of Shahab Dehghani, an Iranian student studying in the U.S., Kharrazi’s IAAB were among those protesting this measure.

Thread below sheds more light.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1219979825969950720?s=20

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib 14)
IMPORTANT:
"Dehghani’s family has links to the IRGC -- of which Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was recently killed in a controversial U.S. strike, was a member -- and to terror group Hezbollah."
foxnews.com/politics/irani…

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib 15)
Conclusion?
Yours to make.

I believe there should be an @FBI/@DOJPH investigation into Mana Kharrazi’s relations with Iran’s regime.

Thanks for reading this thread.
I welcome any & all constructive feedback.

Have a good weekend!

(h/t @Zazzanone)

@ManaKharrazi @IAABsays @NIACouncil @samira_says @RepBarbaraLee @codepink @jabdi @tparsi @barbaraslavin1 @lilytaj5 @YosiBadie @BernieSanders @nargesbajoghli @nytimes @CAIRNational @IlhanMN @RashidaTlaib @FBI @DOJPH @Zazzanone 16)
ADDENDUM:
Interesting to see Mana Kharrazi lock her Twitter account.