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Oct 16 • 10 tweets • 9 min read
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1)
 Blinken held a meeting on Friday with a few "civil society activists" to discuss the latest situation in #Iran.

He & the Biden admin need to explain why they invited Sherry Hakimi who is very close to Tehran's regime & #IranLobby group NIAC.
2)
 As Hakimi says, she is very fond of #Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, aka Iran's chief apologist. Not everyone is invited to a dinner with Zarif. Only the ultimate regime loyalists are.

#IranLobby group NIAC has a specific page for her on their website. ImageImageImageImage
3)
 Hakimi published a list of sources that she believes represent the voice of #Iran's people.

The names are quite telling. Nearly all are among the list of Iran's network of apologists/lobbyists.

#IranLobby ImageImage
4)
 This list includes Negar Mortazavi, a known #Iran apologist/lobbyist, former NIAC member, and very close to Zarif.

heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-negar…

5)
 Hakimi also considers Farnaz Fassihi of The New York Times as another "voice of the Iranian people".

Reminder: Fassihi described Qassem Soleimani as a “popular general” and “universally admired.”
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-farna…
6)
 Hakimi's list also includes:
—Narges Bajoghli (seen in the same image with Zarfi)
—Ali Vaez, a protégé of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
—Dina Esfandiary, also very close to NIAC
—Bahman Kalbasi, also very close to NIAC & Iran's regime
#IranLobby ImageImageImageImage
7)
 Hakimi's position is crystal clear.

What the Biden administration needs to explain is why they are thoroughly penetrated by #Iran's apologists/lobbyists, aka the #IranLobby group.

See this thread
8)
 Rob Malley, the U.S. Special Rep on #Iran, also has a very biased approach Iran.

That is because he has attended NIAC sessions & used to preside over the Int'l Crisis Group, of which Ali Vaez (remember the Rafsanjani's protégé?), is a member of.

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9)
 Ned Price, Biden's State Dept spokesperson, also attended a NIAC session where he discussing de-listing #Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

#IranLobby



10)
 For a better understanding of #Iran's network of apologists/lobbyists, please read this thread.
#IranLobby

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Oct 17
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1)
 @UChicago has invited Negar Mortazavi, a known & disgraced #Iran apologist/lobbyist, to discuss the ongoing #IranRevolution.

She is no voice of the Iranian people. In fact, she is close to Iran's regime & #IranLobby arm NIAC.
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-negar…

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 Listen to Negar Mortazavi run her #Iran talking points.
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 Negar Mortazavi has portrayed Soleimani as a "heroic underdog" killed in "cowardly fashion" and claimed Iranians were "outraged" and would mourn him in a "rare show of national unity".
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Oct 17—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Protesters are starting fires & blocking roads on this 32nd night of the nationwide anti-regime uprising.
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This is the 32nd night of the nationwide anti-regime uprising.
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Oct 17
THREAD

1)
 Reports from #Iran indicate at least 60 inmates were killed & injured after being attacked by #Evin Prison security forces and anti-riots on Saturday night.

Source:
english.mojahedin.org/news/live-repo…
2)
 This attack was launched in response to #Evin inmates in wards 7 and 8 taking to the prison yard and voicing support for the ongoing #IranRevoIution2022 and chanting slogans specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. ImageImageImageImage
3)
 Security forces used live bullets, pellet rounds, tear gas, and flashbang grenades in the attack.
Fifty inmates of Ward 8, where political prisoners are held, were transferred out; 15 of which were taken to #Evin clinic for the severity of their wounds.
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Oct 16
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Inmate of Ward 8, #Evin Prison:
-Constant gunfire was heard from Ward 7 at 8:45 pm Saturday
-Inmates in Ward 8 wanted to help, but the attack on Ward 8 also began and they were shooting directly at us
-Many inmates were wounded with pellet rounds
#اوین Image
-One inmate was wounded with a live bullet, had major bleeding
-Col. Mahmoudi went to Ward 8 with his forces & said: "Your mothers will be mourning you. The day has come for all of you to die!"
-They then viciously attacked the inmates. Some were transferred to unknown locations Image
#Iran's state media claim the #Evin fire began from the sewing workshop. This is a lie.
All workshops are closed at sunset with the daily roll call. One of the sewing workshops is located behind Ward 8 & another near the administrative parking lot.
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Oct 15
#BREAKING
Oct 15—Tehran, #Iran
Major fire and smoke in the notorious Evin Prison as some reports indicate a prison riot. Sound of gunfire and sirens can be heard.
#IranRevolution2022
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی
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More footage of the unrest at Evin Prison with fire and smoke. Activists say the lives of prisoners are at stake.
#IranRevolution2022
#مهسا_امینی
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Major fire at Evin Prison. Authorities are dispatching extra security forces. Locals are reporting heavy traffic and many people are texting they are heading towards Evin Prison.
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Oct 15
Don't listen to #Iran apologists/lobbyists. They're doing the regime's bidding.

Back in 2009, Trita Parsi, founder of Iran lobby group NIAC, and Reza Aslan, NIAC advisor: "There is nothing the U.S. can do."

Obama nowadays: "I was wrong."
Trita Parsi exchanged emails with #Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. He was invited to Obama's White House on dozens of occasions.
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-trita…
Now that recent protests have continued for 30 days across #Iran's, Reza Aslan is suddenly claiming he cares about the Iranian people who are under suppression.

Question for Reza Aslan:
Why are you still a part of NIAC, the disgraced lobby group of Iran's regime? Image
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