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Oct 12 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/ The #IranLobby is under immense pressure. I love it. Keep it up!

2 developments:
2/ Touraj Darayee, prof at UC Irvine, occasionally linked to NIAC (I can't say how deeply linked; I honestly don't know) and thesis advisor to Assal Rad, NIAC's research director, feels pressured enough to put out video (see next tweet) distancing himself from the org.
3/ Video Here:

4/ Rouzebeh Parsi (@rparsi), brother to Trita and himself an apologist for the regime, was supposed to appear at an event in Sweden to discuss Iran. The other panelists refused to participate and the event was thus cancelled. aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/APL6…
5/ If you're part of NIAC, or affiliated with it, I hope you'll ask yourself this question: why do so many of the revolutionaries despise you? why do victims families despise you? why will you be booed by thousands if you go to a rally?

I hope you reflect on your past.

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Oct 14
1/ 🧵Mr. Batmanghelidj (@yarbatman), you assert that the US shouldn’t disempower Iran’s regime.
But here’s a key question: in promoting a view favourable to dictatorial regimes, do you think it is important to disclose your own conflicts of interest?
#IranLobby
#MahsaAmini
2/ Do you think the fact that you’re obviously close to regime officials – here you are with Iran’s UK ambassador; me & my friends wouldn’t be allowed anywhere near him—might have something to do with your views on pressure on Iran's regime? Image
3/ Related question: aside from running @BourseBazaar, your economy-focused site, you’re also the registered agent of the Iran Tobacco Research Group. According to your site, your business “unlocks market opportunities for…cigarette manufacturers”. ImageImageImage
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Oct 11
1/ Hi @rezaaslan -- I know you're peddling a book about Howard Baskerville these days, so it's good business to be a "revolutionary" all of a sudden.
But is this you, lauding Iran's elections and talking about how Iranians want Chinese-style govt "in a heartbeat"? #IranLobby
2/ Is this you writing with Trita Parsi, the IRI's single greatest apologist in West, criticizing exiles (you know, those that barely escaped with their lives) for saying that Iran's elections are a sham? ImageImage
3/ Is this you, just 2 years ago when the winds were blowing in a different direction, arguing that Iran is not *actually* a theocracy, but one with "a remarkably modern and surprisingly enlightened constitutional framework" that guarantees a lot of rights? ImageImage
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Oct 10
1/ 🧵THE LIES THEY SOLD THE WEST- Pt. 2

The #IranRevolution has made clear that Iranians despise their regime.

I'm looking at some Iran commentators to assess what they conveyed to Western audiences over the years.

Today: What the #IranLobby said about Qassem Soleimani
2/ To start, Soleimani's background: in short, he was a mass murderer.
> he & other IRGC commanders demanded that Prez Khatami crush the Iran's student protesters in 1999
> His Quds Force carried out attacks in Thailand, New Delhi, Lagos, and Nairobi
3/
> he was behind many of the IED attacks in Iraq.
> killed tens of thousands, including women and children, in Syria.

As soon as the #IranRevolution began, one of the first acts of revolutionaries, in his hometown, was to rip down his picture.
Read 20 tweets
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Oct 9
1/ Here is Mohammad Ali Shabani, editor of Amwaj Media (@amwajmedia). He's from Sweden, but now seems to be in London.
According to the regime's own media (Mehr News), he began work at NIAC & then travelled down a natural pipeline to work for the regime's Press TV. #IranLobby
2/ According to Mehr News, Shabani served as go-between for Zarif, setting up meetings for the FM with Gary Sick (Columbia), @alivaez (Crisis Group & close Rob Malley [Biden's Iran envoy] associate, @rparsi (brother of NIAC's Trita). He also aided the IRI's nuke negotiation team.
3/ According to Mehr News, the reason Zarif kept Shabani around was that he had ready accesss to large int'l media. @CNN , @nytimes , etc. (In NYT w/ former ambo to Germany -- on whose watch ppl were murdered in Berlin -- Mousavian)
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Oct 5
1/ 🧵 Most ppl understood why Richmond Hill MP @MajidJowhari wasn't allowed to speak at our weekend Iran Freedom Rally or get a photo-op. But for those that don't have the background, a short thread on why democracy/human rights activists & victims groups uniformly reject him. Image
2/ First, disclosure: in 2014, when I was more naive about Trudeau, I ran for the nomination of the federal Liberals in RH against Jowhari. He won that race (through truly nasty smearing of me). So, you're welcome to think this is score-settling, though I don't believe it is.
3/ These are some of Mr. Jowhari's actions/positions on the IRI since he was elected.

He worked very closely with the Tehran-friendly Iranian Canadian Congress on a petition to restore relations with Iran's regime when every activist said this was a bad idea for human rights. ImageImageImageImage
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Oct 4
1/ Today is the 1000th day after the murderous shooting of flight #PS752 by the IRGC.

A 🧵to remember the #IranLobby's reaction. I hope you'll distribute to media that continues to book these people/or ppl from orgs at which these people work.
2/ Let's start with Negar Mortazavi, who is regularly on television and newspapers commenting on Iran. This was her immediate take. (h/t @hafezeh_tarikhi)

The IRI's has issued an unprecedented" & "very responsible" statement that shows "good governance" and "transparency".
3/ Here is Dr. Narges Bajoghli, prof at Johns Hopkins & always in the press (quoted in the NYT today!)
Suggests Trump admin was responsible.
Something fishy was indeed happening. But in the early hours after the attack, she didn't entertain the possibility of IRI invovlement.
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