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Simple questions for Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT

1)
 Why did you meet @JZarif in secret? If you discussed what you claim, why not do so in public?

2)
 How do you explain your ties with #Iran's DC-based lobby group @NIACouncil?

3)
 We Iranians believe #NIACLobbies4Mullahs. How about you?
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil Regarding Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT's secret meeting with @JZarif:

"Such a meeting would mean Murphy had done the type of secret coordination with foreign leaders to potentially undermine the U.S. government..."
thefederalist.com/2020/02/17/sou…
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil "The meeting was not officially sanctioned by the U.S. government and appears to have been held in secret to avoid media scrutiny. State Department officials have been clear that they did not play any role in facilitating the meeting or backing it."
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil Pompeo, speaking to reporters during a tour through Africa, said that the Democrats who participated in the meeting are aiding & abetting the globe's foremost state sponsor of terrorism & anti-Semitism.

"This guy is designated by the U.S.," Pompeo said, referring to Zarif...
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil Zarif has very firm ties with #Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), including a close relationship with the now dead IRGC Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani.
Zarif is also quite fond of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad & Hezbollah.
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil "He's the foreign minister for a country that shot down an airliner and has yet to turn over the black boxes," Pompeo continued.
irancommentary.wordpress.com/2020/01/18/ira…
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil More simple questions for Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT:

If you discussed with Zarif what you claim, why are you not responding to any questions from the Washington Free Beacon or the Federalist?

Or do you have something to hide?

Such as👇
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil To wrap up this thread, in my opinion Sen. Murphy is lying.

Here's why 👇
@ChrisMurphyCT @JZarif @NIACouncil Seeing Sen. @ChrisMurphyCT under extreme pressure, chief #Iran lobbyist @tparsi & former Obama officials (@Rob_Malley & @wendyrsherman) rush to his support.

They refuse to answer a simple question:

Why did Murphy meet Zarif in secret & only go public after the @FDRLST report?
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Heshmat Alavi
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#BREAKING
#Iran's Defense Minister: Ukrainian airliner's black boxes have been severely damaged.
(Farsi source: bit.ly/38HP8yP)

This comes six weeks after the IRGC shot down the passenger plane with two missiles. Tehran is hiding something big.
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