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common ground

Yasmin, well done.  I particularly like this idea "even the most diverse communities need to identify areas of common ground."

With the holidays coming up, we should organize a charitable event (i.e. help feed the homeless at a shelter) to bring folks from different perspectives together and create space for some common ground.

Great Article. 

We all want change in Iran,

We all want change in Iran, but there is a huge difference between my idea of change and yours.  I want constructive change and you want destructive change.

   “It is difficult

 “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Action of ex-Tudeh + ex-Hezbollah = sympathy with IRI

Your "ACTION" has only been protecting the IRI.

Straight from the 'Handbook'

They know what handbook I'm talking about:

Technique #1  Lie and demonize your opponent, in this case Mr Parsi. They went as far as claiming I am Mr Parsi and praising myself. They documented it and presented it to the court as 'proof'.

One of them even wrote a blog about this recently discovered 'document' that was presented to court. And one should go and read that blog to see how they were celebrating because of this new discovery'. They wanted him to 'Confess to being Iraj Khan on IC'.

Remember how they demonized 'The Persians' in the movie called 'The 300', that's what I mean by demozing, turning people into 'Zombies'

Can anybody believe their audacity?

Who would do such a thing if not being a liar, a person who knowingly utters falsehood.

I wrote this spoof in response to their accusations:

//iranian.com/main/blog/iraj-khan/yes-i-confess

Masoud5: you sound like

Masoud5: you sound like you have no argument;hence, you're resorting to non sequitur.  Don't worry about the content of my posts; they speak for themselves and those who are not vested in propagating the Islamic republic of terrorists.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

vildemose

It is the content of your writings that counts, not the number of your comments, nor the length. You can't even write the man's name correctly.

How old are you anyway?  I feel as if I am talking to a teenager.   

Makmalbaf Talks about NIAC

by seannewyork on Mon Sep 17, 2012 07:53 AM PDT

Please go to the 34 minute mark of this youtube:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=doG-cHzYEnY

he was the spokesman for the reform leaders and listen to what he has to say.

Massoud should also add that young iranians also hate NIAC because they claim to represent us.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Niac's disregard for truth and transparency

is anti-democratic and anti-American.

Read the Court decision:

https://ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2008cv0705-189

//iranian.com/main/2012/oct/growing-concern-about-war-and-sanctions#comment-524868

//iranian.com/main/blog/masoud-kazemzadeh/lawsuit-trita-parsi-and-niac-v-hassan-daieoleslam-0

Talk about hyperventilating  servile cult member...Terita is a reincarnation of ghotbzadeh. If you respect being an mediocre opportunist, laf zan, then more power to you. Warship your Vali faghi in diaspora.

Peaceful means? Really? Supporting IRI is peaceful?? Lobbying for the largest state sponsor of terrerism is peaceful?

The cultish trash of Terita, the Velayte Faghih for the low-information and naive young Iranian-Americans  was brilliantly describled by Judge Bate.

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In the recent Washington, DC court case Parsi and NIAC vs Diaoleslam, Parsi failed to prove that National Iranian American Council has any more than 500 members and admitted under oath that not all of them pay dues.

Your second claim of having 43,000 supporters is also a farce. During Parsi's depositions he was specifically asked for this information and his answer was that he counts his email list as active supporters and in fact still counted many people as supporters who had specifically writen to NIAC and asked to be removed from that same list. So, not long after a US Judge sanctions Parsi and NIAC, you are right back to your same old games. I am on your mailing list three times and I am NOT a supporter. I am on your list to keep an eye on your illicit behavior and propaganda machine as are most of the 43,000 so called supporters you claim to have which was never verified by the court because you refused to submit that information to the court and thus sanctioned for non-compliance.
What was learned is that you have no more than 1000 and maybe as few as 500 members and that only about one quarter of them actually pay dues. It was also learned that you maintain a mailing list and still classify persons who have asked to have their names removed from all NIAC materials including your mailing list as supporters. Isn't this correct? Do I need to open the depositions and prove it to you?

Now, as far as your 'Members Only' survey goes; why is it that you claim to represent Iranian Americans yet they are not allowed to take part in your surveys? They can only partake if they kiss your arse and allow you to propagate them as members. Members of what, Velayat-e Faqih?"

//iranian.com/main/2012/oct/growing-concern-about-war-and-sanctions#comment-524868

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Rant Rant Rant and More Rant

The more you rant, the more Trita Parsi gains respect, because people see what kind of trash he has to deal with and yet he continues fighting for Iranian's rights.

You say, Mr. Parsi should join you to fight IRI. He is doing that through peaceful means which he thinks he can accomplish meaningful results. besides, he doesn't owe us anything and he doesn't have too do any of that. There are tens of opposition groups, why aren't you all united?  Why haven't you brought IRI down after 34 years?  Why do you need NIAC?  You are all so smart and know everything. One less opposition shouldn't have stopped you. Unless you are admitting that NIAC is well organized and directed. Well then.......

I repeat.  "In goad va in meydoon"    You build a useful organization and do better than NIAC and I will support you. Otherwise,................

What I write here is only my view and NIAC might totally disagree with me and that is their right.

yasmin,

Excellent observations regarding the 'anger' and 'hopelessness' among Iranians.

By reading the comments on this thread alone,

One can easily see how anger has been transformed into blind rage against others,

Anger that has morphed into comments that tries to 'put down' and 'humiliate' you.

Here on this website their anger has resulted in Cyberbullying, trying to demonize 'The Other' and hurt her/him emotionally through their derogatory comments.

We on this website also face an organized few who are representing Israeli Lobby. This last group tries using the divide and conquer method here. //iranian.com/main/blog/iraj-khan-1

You along with thousands of supporters and members of the National Iranian American Council are on the right path, you know it.

You are representing all of us except the ones who are confined by their anger, rage, hatred and hopelessness, thank you.

//www.niacouncil.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NIAC_index

 masoud5: You seem to

 masoud5: You seem to equate Iranians with Islamist IRI terrorist supporters. IRI does not represent Iranians. We are not Islamist-Americans or Basiji-americans or anti-semitic-americans.

NIAC represents IRI. And hopefully soon just like CAIR will be under investigation and its supporter on the 'no fly zone''s list.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Dont be so angry....

try doing some yoga.  Even better, stop supporting this corrupt and murdering islamist regime  and it's US based Lobby organisations. Join the rest of Iranian people in fighting the Islamist fascism. Help your fellow Iranians to get rid of this shame and disgrace of the entity, the Islamic  so called "Republic" which is pushing over beloved homeland towards a disasterous war with US..

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

It is called "National

It is called "National Iranian-American Council". Not National Iranian-French Council nor National Iranian-Israeli Council or else!!!

In my opinion as an Iranian-American

NIAC should answer any legitimate question,  if it is a legitimate question and to members of the community they are representing. We have more important issues to deal with. We ask them not to waste their time and resources on answering stupid questions and false allegations by any..............

The rest is up to NIAC.

If some people think they can do a better job, "in goad va in maydoon"

good yasminr - now, put that experience / anger to work for you

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What kind of change are

What kind of change are you looking for in the US to improve the lives of Iranian-American here in the USA?

Why would you choose the most demogogic and anti-democrtic (ties to ruthless dictatorhsip of IRI) organization such as NIAC to channel your "anger"? No wonder, you are not being taken seriously.

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

Grassroots

Taking out the infomercial part about the NIAC Lobby, this is a good write up.

However, including it, this is just another infomercial for a lobby which refuses to answer legitimate questions about its court documented connections to various high officials of the Messianic Islamist Rapist Republic.

To be effective, any legitimate grassroots organization has to be responsive to the community and NOT ignore legitimate questions.

NIAC Lobby respond!

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