Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

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RED FLAG

1)
@PeteButtigieg, the Iowa caucus "winner," is endorsed & advised by @vali_nasr, a known #Iran regime apologist/lobbyist who describes Qassem Soleimani as a “general” & “bureaucrat” rather than the terrorist he is.

Let’s get to know more about Vali Nasr.

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr 2)
Nasr teamed up with @AliVaez, another known Tehran apologist, to write an NYT piece desperately begging for negotiations with the US.

Vaez is a known protégé of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Vaez is also advising Buttigieg.

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez 3)
And here are Nasr's views about Iranian President @HassanRouhani & Foreign Minister @JZarif, claiming they enjoy support among the Iranian people.

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif 4)
Quoting @RJBrodsky:

For Nasr, the protests directed against the regime in Iran & Iraq are of no significance. His answer for what the U.S. should do is give Iran more goodies & blindly hope for a change in their behavior. Obama already tried & failed.

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky 5)
Brodsky further debunking Nasr’s defense of Soleimani, Iran’s terrorist designated Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) & the Quds Force.
#IraniansDetestSoleimani

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky 6)
Nasr is a member of Tehran’s network of apologists/lobbyists who are associated to @NIACouncil, Iran’s disgraced DC-based lobby group.
#NIACLobbies4Mullahs

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky @NIACouncil 7)
And BTW, Nasr & Vaez can't tolerate anyone proving they are Iranian regime apologists/lobbyists.

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky @NIACouncil 8)
Reminder about other members of Iran’s lobby enjoying close ties with certain DC politicians.

Meet @ManaKharrazi, a members of Tehran’s lobby in Washington, who has very close relations with certain DC politicians.

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https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1221039394527830016?s=20

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky @NIACouncil @ManaKharrazi 9)
Other members of Iran’s lobby, NIAC, gaining a foothold in Congress.

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https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1208398818477252614?s=20

@PeteButtigieg @vali_nasr @AliVaez @HassanRouhani @JZarif @RJBrodsky @NIACouncil @ManaKharrazi 10)
Other certain DC politicians, including @brhodes, @ChrisMurphyCT, @RepDanKildee, @DonnaFEdwards & … enjoy close relations with Iran’s lobby NIAC.

niacouncil.org/lawmakers-addr…