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Trita Parsi signs petition to stop child executions in Iran

In an email Dr. Trita Parsi commended Nazanin Afshin Jam for her "excellent work on stopping child executions in Iran!". Trita Parsi, an author and the president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) also signed the SCE petition:

15006 --- Trita Parsi, ---- PhD ---- USA ---- Author of “Treacherous Alliance –The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the US” (Yale University Press, 2007)

Founded in early 2002, the National Iranian-American Council is a non-partisan, non-political, non-sectarian, and non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Iranian-American participation in American civic life.

Nazanin Afshin-Jam and Stop Child Executions Campaign appreciate the support of the president of the NIAC , Dr. Trita Parsi. To date more than 15,000 people worldwide have signed the petition to stop child executions. The list includes human rights advocates, lawyers, politicians and celebrities worldwide.

Anonymous4now, great article

Anonymous4now, great article my true Iranian friend. They always have something to justify the regime’s action with. NIAC DOES NOT REPRESENTS IRANIANS !

Mr. Parsi, I do not engage

Mr. Parsi, I do not engage in personal attacks, I believe that’s a tactic of someone who does not believe in his or her own argument, although I do defend myself when get attacked, however, I do have to say that you and NIAC have done enormous damage to the freedom cause in Iran by justifying IRIs action and stripping it from any responsibility taken for its brutal actions, by blaming U.S, Israel, Arabs and others, for the Machiavellian tactics used by the fascist regime in Tehran. In this article, you wrote, “In addition, using the Bush administration's Iran Democracy Fund as a pretext, Iranian authorities have clamped down on Iran's civil society with thousands of arrests”. Sir, please tell me if you could, whether the fascist regime was engaged in “clamping down on civil society” before Bush even ever got to office. Lets say how about the periods between 1980-1988? Are you saying that it is because of Bush’s actions on Democracy fund that this regime went from a peace loving, human rights respecting regime to a fascist and fundamental one over night? Because in this article you are viciously attacking the U.S for the human rights abuses in Iran !!! (I really don’t know how that makes sense). Furthermore, you wrote : “Bush administration has fueled the human-rights abuses in Iran”. Please tell me Mr. Parsi, what stance are you taking on U.S generally, and Bush specifically, reactions towards human rights abuse in Iran? Cause it is obvious that you guys always blame U.S for interfering in Iran’s affairs and wanting it to keep off Iran’s affairs, and the other hand you are asking the U.S to raise human rights issues with the regime, so basically asking it to “interfere” ( I don’t even believe that’s how the new world operates, that interfere thing is a cold war term, the world is a global village now, everyone “interferes” with each others business, but not the old term of “interference”) in Iran’s affairs, so am I confused or are you confused or is the NIAC and yourself naively or ill intentionally just want and love to blame the U.S for our mishaps? Which is it? Mr. Parsi, why can’t we be like tens and tens of other nations who took matters into their own hands and still kept good relations with the U.S? Is it us or is it the U.S? You wrote” The Bush administration's apparent disregard for the expressed wishes of Iranian human-rights defenders has made a bad situation worse”. Mr. Parsi, why don’t you speak about that “bad situation” more? Maybe that way you would realize that “bad situation” is a result of the maniacal and evil spirit of the regime and nothing else instead of blaming others. I’ve heard your speeches and even when you’re speaking at a conference relating to IRIs policies, you start and finish by blaming the U.S and say nothing about what this regime does to its people. Mr. Parsi, you seem to suggest that “talks” and “negotiations” between U.S and Iran will change things in Iran. I refuse to think you’re naïve enough to suggest this. I really think you know well enough about what you’re suggesting. Like always, you cleverly enough want to put the ball back in U.S court and strip the regime from any responsibility. Mr. Parsi, oppression and human rights abuse is a vital and essential part of this regimes character and existence. Without that, this regime is no longer the “Islamic Regime”. So it will never ever shoots itself in the foot. You’re an Iranian and so am I. You are well aware how this government operates. It will never ever back down from 1- Supporting and inspiring Islamic fundamentalism 2- Abusing Human Rights 3- Anti U.S and anti Israel rhetoric, no matter what assurances it gets behind close doors, no matter what incentives it receives from others, because, this regime would not exist without those 3. Mr. Parsi, I urge you , for the sake of our country, to rethink your possessions on Iranian regime and please advise Mr. Amir Ahmadi to stop reaching out to the regime in Tehran. If you really care about our country, you would know that any offer of reaching out to them by members of Iranian community in the U.S is a huge propaganda victory for the fascist regime. Till you do that, I have and always will refuse to allow you and your organization to speak on behalf of us here in the U.S.

"opposition"s sad sate (to Q)

Q says: "All they care about is using American money to achieve their own political aims in Iran, just like Chalabi in Iraq."

Q, please don't be so unappreciative, some of these guys (mostly MEKs and monarchists) care so much about Iran that have sacrificed their sanity for her!

A specific response

Mr. Bahmani,

Thank you for the thoughtful constructive criticism. I think you pointed out quite a few valid issues that NIAC, as an organization, faces. I think you are particularly correct when it comes to NIAC's lack of communication within Farsi-language and Iranian-centric media outlets. You also correctly point out that NIAC is not a 'democratic' organization in the sense that all Iranians get to have a voice in our mission and direction.

In NIAC's defense, as someone who has been there from day one, I want to make a few points that may or may not affect your (and others) thoughts on these issues.

For one thing, the 2002 budget of NIAC was $70,000. From the beginning we have had to BUILD our resources and EARN the right to ask for donations. IF like PAYA we were to start with 3 or 4 million dollars, then maybe a better mode of communication could have been implemented.

The second point is that, to be honest, our community is in no shape to come to a monolithic opinion on things. And we still do not have the institutions in our community to reach out to people. we dont have churches, synagogues, or national organizations to turn to. So NIAC has been trying to help build those institutions through IraNexus and through our own work.

We have never claimed to be an umbrella organization, nor a representative of ALL Iranians in the US. We represent our members. We also represent the majority view in our community that war is not a good option (check the Berkley poll of IAs).

And lastly - over the first five years, we have intentionally concentrated on building our reputation in the American media and in the IA community through our actions. Our victories over Monster.com, National Geographic, Don Imus, the movie 'Crossing Over, the hundreds of citations in national media (CNN, MSNBC, WaPo, NYTimes, etc), our dozens of briefings on Capitol Hill, over 20 'Civic Participation Workshops' around the country, and other such efforts have given us the opportunity to build that reputation.

Now, it is indeed time to forcefully engage these counter-productive forces in our community and engage directly with the wider IA community. Hopefully we will be able to do that successfully as well.

Over the course of the next 12-24 months, we will be going to those metro areas you talked about in pursuit of creating a more open dialogue with IAs. For example, last weekend in Los Angeles, over 200 people attended a NIAC fund-raiser where we received over $80,000 in donations. in December, 150 people in Palo Alto helped us raise $125,000 from the IA community there. And we are in the process of hiring a west-coast coordinator to help organize events in California.

So I have very high hopes for the future of NIAC, and I welcome your comments and suggestions because we, as an organization and as a community, have a Looooooong way to go.

Please feel free to email me directly as well.

Babak Talebi

Director of Community Relations, NIAC

www.niacouncil.org

"Promoting Iranian-American Participation in American Civic Life"

Where do you all find the time?

I am sorry I am not able to post on here more often because among the profanity-laden, victimization-mentality, and fantasy-based comments on this thread, there are a few very legitimate questions being posed.

At the risk of repeating myself, NIAC is an American organization catering to the needs and interests of the Iranian-American community. It is not an "opposition" Party. We have no interest in wading into the swampland that has been created by 30 years of MKO, monarchist, and leftist Iranian-based political entities that have made the word "political" into an insult in our community.

Of course a vast majority of Iranian-Americans oppose the government and the governance of Iran, are disgusted with the lack of human rights, and dismayed at the lack of democratic principles. Every NIAC staff member and board member feels the same way, but NIAC as an organization is NOT an opposition political party. That's not our role, and that is not our mission.

Our funding, our IRS tax-returns, our Mission Statement, and our actions are an open book for anyone interested in the truth. To those who just want to use profanity, vulgarity, and baseless labeling to attack us, I think you discredit yourself and your cause. more power to you.

There was also a specific question about Amirahmadi - and I think it reflects the commenter's need to purchase a dictionary. he quotes me directly in saying "NOTHING". I even put it in all-caps.

The substance of the argument is this: A very vocal minority believes that by continually isolating Iran and maybe bombing the country they may one day come to power and get a chance to ruin the country all by themselves. On the other hand, a vast voiceless majority, specially after having seen the devastation of Iraq and the lack of ANY progress with 30 years of sanctions and isolation, believes that we have to do something new.

NIAC's analysis and advocacy is that in order to positively affect the lives of the people living in Iran and in order to create an atmosphere that will allow the country to reach democratic ideals, the US must engage Iran in direct unconditional dialogue (and stop ignoring the human rights issue). We also believe that by opening up 2nd and 3rd track diplomatic channels (trade and people-to-people exchanges) The US can help create the circumstances that will allow for fundamental change inside Iran.

Now its fair to say - some disagree with our approach. They like sanctions. They like belligerence. They like the isolation. And for 30 years they have had their way with NO results.

Its time for an organization to step up to the plate and challange the MKO and monarchist's monopoly over "iranian-american" opinion. And we at NIAC are proud to have steped up to that plate and recieved the support of the IA community.

Babak Talebi

Director of Community Relations, NIAC

www.niacouncil.org

"Promoting Iranian-American Participation in American Civic Life"

The Problem with NIAC...

As a long time believer in NIAC's goals since it's founding, I have over the years come to understand what I believe is the fundamental (sorry!) flaw in it's design. I wrote a 3-part piece on this (How to Build a Community, no link look it up!), in which I identified the Pahlavan Syndrome, or the Benevolent Tyrant.

With all due respect to Mr. Talebi, and Mr. Parsi for their well intentioned but unfortunately mis-implemented efforts, which are now being questioned energetically by the readership here:

But, I am sorry, the idea that you can "found" an organization with just 3 honest people and a wad of cash, like a dot com venture, and suddenly expect to claim to represent the vast majority of a newly freed, highly paranoid people known full well for having the widest of differing opinions and anxiety over what needs to be done, is frankly naive, the results painfully obvious, and fraught with the very PR problems you face today.

As any person who understands how the civic participation model works (and I expect Trita to know this better than anyone) will tell you, you can't claim representative authority, if you don't actually ask the people you intend to serve for their blessing. Or vote.

The rather cryptic nature of membership, and succession of leadership at NIAC, and the general lack of wide communication (All satellite TV, All radio, All newspapers, ALL websites) of NIAC organizational and operational events in which the great mass of community are invited to sanction activities and initiatives and direction, that are undertaken in the name of Iranian-Americans, is the main problem that needs to be addressed, if NIAC is to claim the definition of it's name.

Yes, you have the best intentions, no one wants war and destruction, everyone wants to sing and dance for joy under the Shahyad monument, and I am sure Trita has been feverishly writing all sorts of great ideas and position papers for what everyone should do next, and of course NIAC cannot possibly meet everyone's expectations on what constitutes effective human rights activism.

But what NIAC can do is a much better job (than zero) of extracting the "authority to proceed" from the people it claims to serve.

Otherwise it will end up being nothing more than yet another example of the Self Appointed Pahlavan Syndrome or Benevolent Tyranny. By Tyranny I mean the will of the few (elitism) over the will of the many.

This is not 13th century Florence. Washington DC is not a City State, and Mr. Parsi and Mr. Talebi, you are not the Medicis! Kind, selfless, smart, and well intentioned and funded as you may be.

I understand too, that the "startup capital" invested in NIAC is entirely yours to do as you see fit. And if this was the National Iranian American Corporation, I'd say go for it. But this is not the civilized (meaning civil participative) way you do something like this. In America of all places, you should know this. You must clearly and loudly ask for, scream if you have to, but demand to be formally granted the authority to represent a community as conflicted and F***ed up ours! As much as you may think not, I think they will actually give you this permission if you ask them hard and clear and loud enough.

Def; Council:"...an advisory, deliberative, or legislative body formally constituted and elected to manage the affairs of a group of people..."

Spend some of PARSA's treasure, advertise the hell across the spectrum of available media, and call Town hall meetings in the 10 top metros Iranians live in, and visit with and ask the people who show up, 2 simple questions;

- What do they want you say?
- Will they give you (NIAC) permission to say it on their behalf.

I am sure they will, I know I already do, and I know I would again. It's just that I've never been to single NIAC event in which I was ever asked.

And that is what I think your problem is.

Question to: Trita and Babak Talebi,

Quoting from Peyk Iran today:
Mr.Amirahmadi mentioned "... I came to Iran to see my family.... there was not an invitation letter inviting me to come,....but there was a letter that Dr.Ahmadi-Nejad issued and asked some government authoroties to facilitate my trip..."

He also mentioned "...it's been said that I am among opposition but I am not an opposition... If I was an opposition, I would not have participated as candidate in last presidential election..."

for more information and details, please refer to above site.

QUESTION:
Babak Talebi, co-founder of NIAC mentioned in here today "...Mr. Amirahmadi had absolutly NOTHING to do with its founding in the winter 2001/2002...."
Please let us know what was/is his relation with you and NIAC.

my2cents: I agree the "opposition" IS in a very very sad state

It was over 25 years after the revolution before NIAC was even established. Why couldn't the "opposition" get something together in all that time? Why was it that the Mojaheds were the only voice in Washington for decades?

The truth is the so-called opposition suffers from delusions and paranoia. It is run as a fragmented group of old senile men who think the BBC created the revolution and Khomeini was Indian. They are incapable of uniting because they are incapable of facing reality in today's world.

But more importantly what can they do, if they do unite? The only thing they can do is ask the US to put them back in charge in Iran, exactly what the Rajavists are doing. They are not interested in American civic life or politics. They have never assimilated or even shown the desire to be American. All they care about is using American money to achieve their own political aims in Iran, just like Chalabi in Iraq.

Why should anyone listen to them?

It is sad that we don't have

It is sad that we don't have an alternative to turn to.

I think the first thing any honest opposition needs to do is to counter the damaging efforts of NIAC in the American politics is to have our own advocacy group. Then write letters to our congressman and senators and tell them that NIAC does not represent Iranain-Americans. This entity is an un-elected group of characters who are only using Iranian-Americans to achieve their own self-serving agenda. We are fools if we let them do this to us. They have already gotten away with it, how much longer are we going to let them walk all over us???

To:Babak Talebi, please clarify....

you mentioned here that "....Mr. Amirahmadi had absolutly NOTHING to do with its founding in the winter 2001/2002...."
Please let the readers know what was and is his relation with you and NIAC.

Mr. Parsi

I know it is so fashionable to bash Bush and the neo-cons, because it is so intellectual in appearance, that you find it imperative to attribute the Iranian suffering to Bush’s mishandling of Iran.  Any regime that is looking for an excuse to terrorize its own citizenry is incapable of respecting human rights.  If they respond to this set of circumstances by killing and torturing people, they will find an excuse to continue to do so, despite your naïve beliefs.  The Bush administration will be gone and yet another administration (the sixth to deal with IRI) will take its place.  Then, what will be your excuse, or who will you pick, to blame the IRI atrocities on?  

 But before I can expect you to understand that, read this about Obama, the man who may well replace Bush, and tell us how you think things will change, for the better, for Iranians? 

From the September 24, 2004 edition of the Chicago Tribune:

September 25, 2004

U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama suggested Friday that the United States one day might have to launch surgical missile strikes into Iran and Pakistan to keep extremists from getting control of nuclear bombs.

Obama, a Democratic state senator from the Hyde Park neighborhood, made the remarks during a meeting Friday with the Tribune editorial board. Obama’s Republican opponent, Alan Keyes, was invited to attend the same session but declined.

Iran announced on Tuesday that it has begun converting tons of uranium into gas, a crucial step in making fuel for a nuclear reactor or a nuclear bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency has called for Iran to suspend all such activities.

Obama said the United States must first address Iran’s attempt to gain nuclear capabilities by going before the United Nations Security Council and lobbying the international community to apply more pressure on Iran to cease nuclear activities. That pressure should come in the form of economic sanctions, he said.

But if those measures fall short, the United States should not rule out military strikes to destroy nuclear production sites in Iran, Obama said.

“The big question is going to be, if Iran is resistant to these pressures, including economic sanctions, which I hope will be imposed if they do not cooperate, at what point are we going to, if any, are we going to take military action?” Obama asked.

Given the continuing war in Iraq, the United States is not in a position to invade Iran, but missile strikes might be a viable option, he said. Obama conceded that such strikes might further strain relations between the U.S. and the Arab world.

“In light of the fact that we’re now in Iraq, with all the problems in terms of perceptions about America that have been created, us launching some missile strikes into Iran is not the optimal position for us to be in,” he said.

“On the other hand, having a radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse. So I guess my instinct would be to err on not having those weapons in the possession of the ruling clerics of Iran. … And I hope it doesn’t get to that point. But realistically, as I watch how this thing has evolved, I’d be surprised if Iran blinked at this point.”

As for Pakistan, Obama said that if President Pervez Musharraf were to lose power in a coup, the United States similarly might have to consider military action in that country to destroy nuclear weapons it already possesses. Musharraf’s troops are battling hundreds of well-armed foreign militants and Pakistani tribesmen in increasingly violent confrontations.

Obama said that violent Islamic extremists are a vastly different brand of foe than was the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and they must be treated differently.

“With the Soviet Union, you did get the sense that they were operating on a model that we could comprehend in terms of, they don’t want to be blown up, we don’t want to be blown up, so you do game theory and calculate ways to contain,” Obama said. “I think there are certain elements within the Islamic world right now that don’t make those same calculations.

“… I think there are elements within Pakistan right now–if Musharraf is overthrown and they took over, I think we would have to consider going in and taking those bombs out, because I don’t think we can make the same assumptions about how they calculate risks.”

A last resort

Obama’s willingness to consider additional military action in the Middle East comes despite his early and vocal opposition to the Iraq war. Obama, however, also has stressed that he is not averse to using military action as a last resort, although he believes that President Bush did not make that case for the Iraq invasion…

Also during the session, Obama said that, if elected, he likely would make the health-care crisis his first priority. He said he would seek to expand the federal program that gives aid to poor children without health coverage, improve the COBRA program to allow for greater portability of coverage, and push for small businesses to receive tax credits to help pay for employee health insurance.

Views on gay marriage

 Earlier Friday, Obama clarified his position on gay marriage after several days of criticism from [GOP Senate candidate Alan] Keyes on the issue. Keyes, a vehement opponent of gay marriage who has called homosexuals “selfish hedonists,” charged during a campaign swing Downstate this week that Obama favors gay marriage.

But during a taping of WBBM-AM’s “At Issue,” Obama said that his Christian faith dictates that marriage should be between a man and woman.

“I’m a Christian. And so, although I try not to have my religious beliefs dominate or determine my political views on this issue, I do believe that tradition, and my religious beliefs say that marriage is something sanctified between a man and a woman,” Obama said.

Obama said he would not let his religious beliefs dictate the way he approaches public policy. He said he would supports civil unions between gay and lesbian couples, as well as letting individual states determine if marriage between gay and lesbian couples should be legalized.

 “Giving them a set of basic rights would allow them to experience their relationship and live their lives in a way that doesn’t cause discrimination,” Obama said. “I think it is the right balance to strike in this society.” 

Here is what we should talk about !!

We should talk about your future - and where and if you would fit within the Iranian communities at all.   We should talk about all the elements like yourself who prolonged empovernment of the deadly theocracy in Iran.   We need to discuss what brings dubious characters like yourself to a platform representing Iranians in America.   We need to know what goes into the minds of a 25 year old who is put in a position of power to sell Iran out.   We need to talk how you have been promoting playing chess with the monkeys in Iran.   Why so many fools have yet to figure out there is nobody in Iran who can make a decesion and stand by it.   

Just go away. 

TO BABAK 56

Thanks for your informative post. But as usual it was deleted. Can you post a link to it in a site that is not censured?

Thank You Babak Talebi

Your explanation was excellent and irrefutable. I'm proud of being part of the reason NIAC decided to oppose War formally. Doing anything less would have been wrong. I'm glad to see the support the community gives NIAC confirms this decision.

Personally, I think you are a bit too close to the American establishment and sometimes are too careful opposing bad Bush policies. But I support you a %100.

You are the best we have as Iranian Americans.

As you rightly say, many Iranians don't understand democracy even after having lived here for 30 years. US citizens have the power to move the US GOVERNMENT, not the Iranian government.

Those who constantly attack you for not spending resources on Iran's human rights violations fail to see an important point. Who is supposed to fix these problems? Only if the answer is the US Congress, does it mean that NIAC should be involved in this advocacy.

The answer does not lie in Washington but in Tehran, Esfehan and other cities in Iran. If anyone has a problem with the IRI, please join the opposition/resistence, whatever you want to call it INSIDE IRAN. That's where change to Iran's government should be made, not in Washington.

Thank You and say hi to Trita for me.

To Babak56

Who do you think you are to interrogate everyone about their views?!! Why do everyone have to prove their "innocence" to you?!!!!!

Thanks God, you so-called "opposition" people are not in power! You people are acting like both SAVAKI interrogators AND the Ansaar thugs at the same time!!

Thank you Mr Parsi, Babak Talebi and other NIAC staff for all your great efforts so far in protecting our interests.

Mr Mehrdad Parsa is a real MAN

Mr Mehrdad Parsa is a real MAN

To Babak56

Who do you think you are to interrogate everyone about their views?!! Why do everyone have to prove their "innocence" to you?!!!!!

Thanks God, you so-called "opposition" people are not in power! You people are acting like both SAVAKI interrogators AND the Ansaar thugs at the same time!!

Thank you Mr Parsi, Babak Talebi and other NIAC staff for all your great efforts so far in protecting our interests.

This is insane

I am reading through the comments posted here and I am utterly shocked, amazed and flabbergasted.

Dr. Parsi is saying is that if we push our country, the United States, and our former country, Iran, to become friends again, then we must ensure that the United States does not befriend the Mullahs with the current status quo in place. The Mullahs need to demonstrate genuine democratic freedoms as a part of this “grand bargain”. Why? Because we don’t want another dictator to take over after the Mullahs go by the way of history. We don’t want another set of nervous college kids taking over the US embassy 50 years from now because we backed yet another dictator in Iran. We want genuine grass roots democracy to take hold in Iran. This is the kind of democracy that will last.

In response to the above, I am reading all sorts of hateful messages that are completely irrelevant. I don’t give a flying @#$& if Dr. Parsi is getting money from Lucifer himself! From an American and Iranian perspective, Dr. Parsi’s argument makes total sense!

God Bless the Yanks for 1953. We didn't deserve Mossadeq then, and we don't deserve him now. I hear many Iranians blaming America for crushing democracy in Iran. But I don’t hear any Iranians taking on the blame. It was us that took the American’s money. It was us that killed democracy in Iran. Look in the mirror, say it’s broke, and fix it. Just buck up and fix it!

Dr. Parsi and the NIAC staff: on behalf of an ungrateful public, please keep up the good work!

To Babak56

Who do you think you are to interrogate everyone about their views?!! Why do everyone have to prove their "innocence" to you?!!!!!

Thanks God, you so-called "opposition" people are not in power! You people are acting like both SAVAKI interrogators AND the Ansaar thugs at the same time!!

Thank you Mr Parsi, Babak Talebi and other NIAC staff for all your great efforts so far in protecting our interests.

To Babak56

Who do you think you are to interrogate everyone about their views?!! Why do everyone have to prove their "innocence" to you?!!!!!

Thanks God, you so-called "opposition" people are not in power! You people are acting like both SAVAKI interrogators AND the Ansaar thugs at the same time!!

Thank you Mr Parsi, Babak Talebi and other NIAC staff for all your great efforts so far in protecting our interests.

Look if you attach your.........

comment as a reply then when the other person's  comment is erased, so will yours. One of my comments was deleted along with someone else's. I am not upset about it. Actually, I attached it on pupose to a specific comment. :o)

You want to increase your chances of not having your comment deleted then go all the way down the page and post an independent comment. Don't attach it to a reply.

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia

To Iranian Americans

Your country, The United States, has just pushed and passed another sanction, not against the government of Iran but the people of Iran. Now go kiss your senators' ass and spit on Mr. Parsi. I guess you deserve to be dumb and have stupid opposition representing you. You are not too different than those idiots. I see how many here are going against Mr. Parsi, but just a reminder then you are on your own:
Who is against this kind of organization?
Neocons and Israeli lobby. Now think why your enemy is against them? You guys make Iranian enemies happy. What bunch of khod forukhteh and traitors.
Some of your guys just make me sick...

To JJ, you have deleted too many factual items..WHY?

With all due respect, you should make up your mind. You are either on the side of the people of Iran or you are not. Just tell us the truth so that we don't bother you anymore. You have only deleted items that were factuals and against the terrorist supporters.

Question for you JJ: do you consider yourself a good Muslim? Do you support the Islamic regime in Iran? If yes, I will never post here again. It will be clear to everyone that this site belongs to IRI.

Thank you in advance for answering my questions,

Babak Khoramdin

MPG, DK, MKO, Shaholahi

Bunch of cowards at MPG, DK, MKO, and Pars TV.

Let Iranians see this video and judge that 30 years of living in a democratic country has not changed these many khars.

Excellent job by Khosrow

You have much more eloquontly built on my points, and asked the right questions.

Mr Talebi, how much of HR abuses in Iran is due to Bush administration and his policy, and how much due to Shahroudi, Khamenei, and the rest of the IR gang? Give us a rough percentage? Please answer this question, since your organization has decided to opine on foreign policy issue?
Furthermore, what does the 75$ million dollar have to do with getting our house in order here in the U.S? In order to be more actively in U.S politics, we need a grass root organization that understands tax, and legislative policies of the U.S government, not one whose president (MR Parsi) is a specialist on Middle East, and Foreign affairs. Indeed most of the staff have little or no background on Tax policies, minority business expansion, minority legislation, or domestic policies that might directly affect a group such as the AI.
You have a set of skills that don't fit the mission statement of your organization as you have described it.
Please also answer Khosrow Sheibany's points.

Thanks NIAC

Thanks NIAC for what you have done for our coward community.

The members of DV (Derfash Kaviani), MPG (Marze-por-ghohar), and MKO are bunch of coward people who hide behind an anonymous names and expect others answer questions for these cowards.

Pars TV is good for you idiots and cowards.

NIAC Exposed!

A great video.

Thank you so much Babk 56!

Love the vedio

همين جرثومه فساد تريتا پارسی و دارو دسته اش وقتی در يک جلسه در مورد حقوق بشر درجمهوری اسلامی موردپرسش قرار می گيرد می گويد ما متخصص نيستيم امروز چون امنستی می خواهد به او جايزه بدهد متخصص امور حقوق بشر شده و زير بال امنستی عر و عور می کند. امنستی برای 29 سالگذشته کدام گوری بود؟؟ چطوردر سال 1978 برای 3000 زندانی دزد و قاچاقچی و قاتل سرو صدا کرد وبی 29 سال است بيشت از صد ها هزار زندانی سياسی خفه خون گرفته است.

Tahrim NIAC by Iranians on behalf of people of Iran

JJ, if you delete this, it means you are not on the side of the Iranian people. This is factual.

//youtube.com/watch?v=G-dUJgJM06U