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The Honorable Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton,
On behalf of the Iranian-American community, I would like to express our outrage and disappointment on your decision to sponsor, Trita Parsi, President of National Iranian-American Council (NIAC), a known lobbyist for the Islamic Republic of Iran and currently under investigation for alleged embezzlement of federal funds, to speak and share his expertise on US-Iranian relations and Iranian politics in Saudi Arabia.
Trita Parsi is not even a U.S. Citizen who is sent by your department to represent America's interests using tax payers' money. Mr. Parsi is disliked by the majority of Iranian-American community and general consensus is that he is a "non-registered foreign agent" representing the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran and is shunned in Iranian-American circles. Mr. Parsi represents an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel agenda cloaked in dialogue and diplomacy.
Law enforcement experts who have reviewed some of NIAC's internal document released as a result of a lawsuit, offer evidence that the NIAC has operated as an undeclared lobby and may be guilty of violating tax laws, the Foreign Agents Registration Act and lobbying disclosure laws.
Parsi has been the leading lobbyist in America for the Islamic (non)Republic regime and, at least until last year's election, was also an apologist for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
He has been opposed to US sanctions against the Islamic Republic and by such definition is an outspoken opponent of your own foreign policy toward Iran. This is yet another example of many duplicitous and short-sighted policies of the State Department under your leadership and President Obama's administration. We urgently demand an explanation for the wisdom behind sending such a questionable character with known affiliations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, a regime which your own State Department has classified as a "state sponsor of terrorism" and a threat to America's national security.
Sincerely,
Dr. Arash Irandoost
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Rooster jaan, do you like McCain? Shah? SAVAK? Iran sanctions?
by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on Wed Oct 27, 2010 07:58 AM PDT.
My reply
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Wed Oct 27, 2010 07:26 AM PDTto the sanctions: I have been mail ordering anything possible from Iran. Better "Made in Iran" than the "Made in China" carp you get here in USA.
A few questions - please ...
by Farah Rusta on Wed Oct 27, 2010 07:24 AM PDTthanks
FR
I love the post on racist Robert Spencer's jihadwatch site"
by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on Wed Oct 27, 2010 06:42 AM PDT"The genuine pro-democracy movement of free Iranians is on to NIAC. By
way of contrast, Islamic supremacist metrosexual Reza Aslan, who fools
many into thinking he is "moderate,"
So funny. Thre "real pro-democracy movement"? metrosexual Reza Aslan? Islamic supremacist? lol I suppose a moderate muslim is a dead one right? Or according to racists like Spencer, someone who endorses war and economic hardship on Irannians under the banner of human rights and democracy, like Maryam Rajavi and her ilk.
Nobody
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Wed Oct 27, 2010 05:27 AM PDThas a right to speak on behalf of Iranian Americans. We have individual voices. If the writer don't like NIAC he may speak for himself. Not for me.
In other words I agree with my good friend MM.
who is the writer to write on behalf of Iranian-Americans
by Anahid Hojjati on Wed Oct 27, 2010 05:24 AM PDTNow this is hilarious. Usually NIAC opponents complain about the fact that NIAC does not represent Iranian-American community. NIAC has thousands of members and for years has been working to represent Iranian-American community. So how can people have such a complaint and then they themselves claim that they represent Iranian-American communiy when in fact their standing in community is much less than NIAC's standing.
What is Hillary
by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Wed Oct 27, 2010 04:57 AM PDTup to? First she misnames Persian Gulf. Then sends Parsi to Saudi. Is this woman consistent or what is she up to.
to hilary the obliterator
by Niloufar Parsi on Wed Oct 27, 2010 04:46 AM PDTwould like to state that the above blog does not present any cool ideas nor does it represent anyone other than the author. In fact, this blog does not even speak. full stop. And Trita is far too principled and sensible to be working for you. So leave him alone and do not tarnish NIAC with your money. And i have to say, so far you have done a great job of undermining obama, hilary... thank you. god bless iran... etc.
I agree with Ari Siletz
by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on Wed Oct 27, 2010 04:38 AM PDTAri says: "As a member of the Iranian American community I
would like to state that the above blog does not present any outrage on
my behalf as claimed by the author. For that matter this blog does not
even speak on its own behalf as it provides no evidence of its claims."
100% agreed!
And so the old Lion puss,
by Sargord Pirouz on Wed Oct 27, 2010 01:55 AM PDTAnd so the old Lion puss, flag wavng crazies come out, as well as one of the Israelis who use the name "Fred" here on IC.
What better ennoblement of NIAC can there be when monsters such as these line up against it? None.
If war mongering Israelis like the people at "Fred" are against a peace-seeking organization, you can bet that organization is doing some good.
Documents
by Fred on Wed Oct 27, 2010 01:22 AM PDTNIAC lobby members can deny as much as they want. They can do as many infomercials about their lobby as they want. But as long as there are indisputable documents linking their lobby to the Islamist Rapist Republic, their efforts are all for naught.
Their lobby has to explain why its Head Lobbyist and irreplaceable lifetime president was in a cozy relationship with IRR’s UN ambassador.
Their lobby has to explain why the Head lobbyist was arranging meetings for the U.S. Congressman with IRR, a typical lobbying task.
Their lobby has to explain why the lobby’s co-founder was, and might still be, with CASMII lobby, an outed IRR lobby.
Their lobby has to explain its longstanding working relationship, according to the discovered documents, with a Rafsanjani front co, Atieh Bahar and its big shot, Namazi.
There are loads of questions backed by documents which cannot be dismissed by simple cute line.
Thank you Dr. Irandoust
by Maryam Hojjat on Wed Oct 27, 2010 12:55 AM PDTfor this letter. I wish we Iranian American who know Trita and are against his activities would be able to sign this letter.
Ari - ditto
by MM on Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:34 PM PDT.
Open comment to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Ari Siletz on Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:46 PM PDT...
by Mola Nasredeen on Tue Oct 26, 2010 08:48 PM PDTخدا یه عقلی بتو بده و یه پولی بما!
You see MM? In your last
by Sargord Pirouz on Tue Oct 26, 2010 06:33 PM PDTYou see MM? In your last blog post, you speculated that the "crazy ideas" toward NIAC would be put to rest.
Like I said on your blog: without their crazy ideas, these axe-grinding, lion-puss flag-waving exiles have nothing. Nothing!