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Cyrus Amir-Mokri: U.S. Assistant Treasury

Obama nominee approved by Senate panel

Wall Street Journal: A U.S. Senate panel has approved Cyrus Amir-Mokri to be an assistant Treasury secretary. The assistant secretary for financial institutions is a key role in the administration that helps develop policy affecting banks, Wall Street firms and consumers. Mr. Amir-Mokri served as a senior counsel to CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler and was the agency's deputy representative to the Financial Stability Oversight Council, a body created to protect the U.S. financial system. Mr. Amir-Mokri has a law degree from University of Chicago Law School and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. He was born in Tehran and moved to the U.S. in 1981, according to his biography on the website of the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, where he was a board member. He has represented inmates on death row and has been active in issues affecting Iranian-Americans, the site says.

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Faramarz

Wonderful

by Faramarz on Sun Oct 09, 2011 08:31 AM PDT

An excellent example of an Iranian who loves his adopted country and is thankful for the opportunities that US has given to him. Showing gratitude to your parents and your home country is the least that one can do.

His story, like many other Iranians' is only possible in the US and the West.


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Tavana

Is he 'anybody?'

by Tavana on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:49 PM PDT

What difference in the world does it make whether he is 'this' or 'that.' In a country which occupies other countries through its military invasions & forces a cab driver like "Hamid Karzai' & a nobody like "Chalabi' upon the people there as their leaders, almost 'anybody' could become 'somebody' over night!


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Darius Kadivar

Corruption in India

by Darius Kadivar on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:38 PM PDT


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aynak

Vildemose: Is he a?

by aynak on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:26 PM PDT

 

Don't forget the resident spammer wants to even take credit for Bakhtiar or Mossadegh when it suits him.    Mokri is simply stating that there *was* a constitutional movement but that resulted into a *weak* constitution:   minute 4:20~5:20.   (He states that led to despotism, i.e Reza Shah, and Mohamad Reza Shah, and ultimately the Islamic Revolution).

 //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M1QQo9cZ9Y&feature=player_embedded#!

His main goal  is to focus on why some constitutions work and why some don't.   He starts this by talking about *SEPARATION* of power, and checks and balances.   I highly recommand you watch the 2 part series.   It is much more useful than 95% of the discussions that people engage in.   He is a constitutional scholar.

And the answer to your question:  I would say no freaking way he is a monarchists, the main reason being that legislative branch had so much power (and then was forced by Shahs to change it  as it suited them).

Minute 10:20-10:59  A government can function better if the  functions  are distributed rather than focused in the hands of one, which is what the monarchists are really after.

 Again, I highly recommand watching this and part II.

  //www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRDDN1LNzY&feature=relmfu

 


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Darius Kadivar

Dunno why don't you ask him ... ;0)

by Darius Kadivar on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:18 PM PDT


"A Country that Loses it's Poetic Vision is a Country that faces death" -Saul Bellow.


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iamfine

I have great respect for his honesty

by iamfine on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:11 PM PDT

His situation happened to so many Iranians. Aside from the tension between Iran and the USA, this country has been nice to us and we should be thankful. On the other hand, this country should be thankful to all educated Iranians that came here, stayed here, and tried to make this country a better place to be. I congratulate Mr. Cyrus Amir-Mokri for his accomplishment


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vildemose

 DK jan: Is he a

by vildemose on Sat Oct 08, 2011 12:05 PM PDT

 DK jan: Is he a monarchist?? I don't have time to wade through all the wonderful links you have provided because I'm pressed for time. Thanks.

 

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." - Louis D. Brandeis


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Darius Kadivar

Hmm ... Name Sounds Familiar ...

by Darius Kadivar on Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:59 AM PDT


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