Pro Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI)

Re: HR-1905

The votes are overwhelming supporting it. Therefore its passage is almost guarantees even if Obama vetoes it. However I think Obama will sign it. The measure is heavily targeting the oil industry: backbone of IRI.

Really this means that Iran needs a new regime. All those who claim America wants IRI are proven wrong. There is no way USA would do this if they really wanted IRI. It is a very painful measure for Iranians. But to a lesser degree to the West.

I hope Iranian military and power sources realize Khamenei got to go. Push the ***hole out and bring a sane regime. I am not as demanding as others. Democracy is nice but I will settle for a sane regime brought in without violence.

 THe HR-1905 passed.

 THe HR-1905 passed. Congratulations.

Information is the currency of democracy. ~Thomas Jefferson

It's not enough that faith claims to be the solution to all problems but is now demanded that such a preposterous claim be made im

BE AWARE

Friends

As I was watching an old seccion on C-SPAN last night and since it was about IRAN.......

 H.R 1905 And the support for camp ashraf was the main topic !

Where are we going with this ?

another round of misery on top of others for our hamvatans?

Down with the mollahs and all their supporters

I fully support that the mollas need to go;BUT not like this.

Maziar

VPK-the wait is over -

In reaction to TymoGee's statement: "Just consider it a delayed retaliation for kidnapping our citizens in 1979."



Trita (Terita Parsi) responds: "Well, in that case consdier the PAN AM bomb a delayed retaliation for the US gunning down an Iranian Airbus July 3rd 1988over IRANIAN waters."

In the exchange above "TymoGee" seems to brag about the downing of Iran's passenger plane as  a retaliatory measure by the United States in reaction to IRI occupying the US embassy and taking the Americans hostage, Terita erratically responds by bringing up the Pan Am bombing by the Libyan leader Moamar Qaddafi and perhaps the covert connection and cooperation between Iran and Libya which brought down the PAN AM flight 103 which killed all 243 passengers plus 11 inLockerbie, Scotland.



Various Iranian-American pro-democracy groups have been suspicious of Trita Parsi ever since he formed his first lobby organization and distance themselves from him and his organization.



It is alarming how an anti-Semitic, America hating, Jekyll and Hyde Trita Parsi has been allowed to roam the halls of Congress and have access to high ranking and influential politicians. Trita only gives lip service to human rights violation by the murderous regime while he tries to sweep IRI crimes under the rug, pushes for easing of sanctions and attempts to buy time for the mullahs to build their nuclear bomb.

Mr. Ala, I do not blame you ..

A wise man once said you should get out of the Kitchen, if you can not stand the heat. It was about time you did.

I proved your double standards in many ways:

Why did you pick Amil and drag Hassan Dai to this conversation and refuse to discuss the pros and cons of the letter? 

Your double standards will eventually catch up with you, if not already: 

You care for human life only when it suits you. IRI has surpassed China on human rights violations-does it bother you? Yet you belly ache when US attacks Iraq.  Have you written anything of substance when you heard that Neda was shot, Karrubi complained about gang rapes? If so prove it. - A Double standard

You oppose the War only when it suits you... have you ever complained when a Hamas rocket has killed an innocent Israeli? No! Double Standard, only a certain life is valuable to you. 

You bragged about IIC only when it suited you... read emails ... I have more damamging  and usually save the best for last .. I never ask a question if I do not know the answer.

You like Amirhmdi, only when it suits you... and distance yourself when it does not - you are in it only for Mr. Ala- Double Standard

You support NIAC, because it suits you... ALAVI went bye bye, PARSA Collapsed, it will be NIAC's turn soon - I am anxious to read your eamils and correspondence then.

You complain about my alias, yet within this discussion there have been many who use alias names, you never complain...only my alias was an issue for you, another double standard.

You complain and warn us about mass casualies of War, and a loss of life, but do not flinch when IRI is killing Iranians right and left-Double standard.

A human right activist is a human right activist no matter what, when, where and whom.  You are a fake Human Rights activist. You care for human rights when it suits you. Double Standard

You oppose sanctions, because it suits you and frankly you are worried-you should be- if 1905 passes you will be committing an illegal act by doing business with a regime sponsor of terrorism. You might end up in jail.

You are an anti-semitic- I have too many emails of your ilk...who hide your anti-semitism behind your "supposed" love and sympathy for the Palestinians. Double Standards

You can laugh all you want with your LOLs, but LOLs are on you!

I have two more emails which I will forward to our readers and then will let you abandon the Kitchen since it is getting too hot for you.

By the way I have another email from you ilk, who expressed stated they did not care how many Iranians were kileld during the June uprising-I think you have a copy as well. 

VPK are you still riding the fence and waiting for a good deal on Kavir Loot property? Let me know!

First installment.   

 From: Stop War on Iran <Actioncenter@action-mail.org>

AUGUST 2:
An Emergency Call to Action

STOP WAR ON IRAN !

• An Attack could be Imminent
• We Can't Afford to Wait
• Take It to the Streets This Summer
• U.S. out of Iraq, Money for human needs, not war!

AN APPEAL TO ORGANIZERS AND ACTIVISTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD:

YET ANOTHER U.S. WAR? 

The U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan is hated by the people there. These wars have no support at home and are ruining the domestic economy. Instead of pulling out, the Bush administration is preparing for still another war—this time against Iran . This must be stopped!

AGRESSION TOWARDS IRAN IS ESCALATING

On June 4, George Bush, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his side, called Iran a "threat to peace."  Two days before, acting as a proxy for the Pentagon, Israel used advanced U.S. fighter planes to conduct massive air maneuvers, which the media called a "dress rehearsal" for an attack on Iran 's nuclear facility. Under pressure from the U.S. , the European Union announced sanctions against Iran on June 23.  A bill is before Congress for further U.S. sanctions on Iran and even a blockade of Iran .

IRAN "THREATS" A HOAX

Iran as a "nuclear threat" is as much a hoax as Bush's claim of "weapons of mass destruction" in Iraq used to justify the war there. The International Atomic Energy Agency, which inspects Iran 's nuclear facilities, says it has no weapons program and is developing nuclear power for the days when its oil runs out. Even Washington 's 16 top spy agencies issued a joint statement that said Iran does not have nuclear weapons technology!

U.S. and Israel are the real nuclear danger. The Pentagon has a huge, nuclear-capable naval armada in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, with guns aimed at Iran . Israel , the Pentagon's proxy force in the Middle East , has up to 200 nuclear warheads and has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.  Iran did sign it.

WAR HURTS U.S. ECONOMY 

While billions of dollars go to war, at home the unemployment rate had the biggest spike in 23 years.  Home foreclosures and evictions are increasing; fuel and food prices are through the roof. While the situation is growing dire for many, Washington 's cuts to domestic programs continue.  A new U.S. war will bring only more suffering.

WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

While the summer is a difficult time to call protests, the August recess of Congress gives the White House an opportunity for unopposed aggression against Iran .  We must not let this happen! From the anti-war movement and all movements for social change, to religious and grassroots organizations, unions and schools, let us join forces to demand "No war on Iran, U.S. out of Iraq, Money for human needs not war! "

This call to action is issued by StopWarOnIran.org, a network of thousands of concerned activists and organizations fighting to stop a new war against Iran since February  2006.

LOL

LOL Arash.  Couldn't stop laughing at what you do not know.  Let the members read the e-mails.  First you said Dr. Amir Ahmadi started IIC with Trita and me.  WRONG.  You and Dai are making good fool of yourselves.  Then you said I did not work with Amir Ahmadi.  There must be something wrong with you, sorry my doctorate degree is not in psychology.  You have been waste of my time... let people read the e-mails that you posted. (Hint: Fakharzadeh  joined later) LOL, (Another Hint: IIC e-mail server is different than the Organization which split three ways when I said below.) LOL.   I am proving my original point again.  First was Amir, now it is you.  LOL.... what a waste of my time you have been Arash.

No wonder our community has not progressed in the USA.  If you get a chance, watch this video and have respect for those who are making a difference:

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKlOi_7LOU&feature=youtu.be

Mr. Ala I have more ...should you be inetersted!

Dr. Purqurian said it all, and well, in this statement:
“While traitors hijack legitimate demands of our innocent fellow citizens to serve Zionism masking with the Green Label, it is heartening to see unyielding lions at the gate!”

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh <pirouz_mojtahedzadeh@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: [disc] NY Demonstrations and subservients of the Zionist regime
To: "disc@iic.org" <disc@iic.org>

Thank you very much Dear Massy for your kind words of encouragements and would like to humbly say thank you to all other friends in the list like Sid, Reza, Esfandiar, Ben, Javad, and... for being so kind as to see it in their national duty to join in the defence of VATAN against self declared enemies.
Best Wishes
Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh 
 

Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:09:56 -0400

Subject: Re: [disc] NY Demonstrations and subservients of the Zionist regime

From: massy@phoenixinvests.com

To: disc@iic.org

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 6:53 AM, Reza Vatandoust <reza.vatandoust@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM, M Ala <alainstructor@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Ben Khosrownia <bkhosro@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: "Bakhtiarnejad, Esfandiar" <Esfandiar.Bakhtiar@gatech.edu>
To: disc@iic.org
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 9:58:43 PM
Subject: [disc] NY Demonstrations and subservients of the Zionist regime


Dr. Purqurian said it all, and well, in this statement:

“While traitors hijack legitimate demands of our innocent fellow citizens to serve Zionism masking with the Green Label, it is heartening to see unyielding lions at the gate!”

This interview with Dr. Mojtahed-Zadeh is the best answer to subservients of the Zionist regime.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEsA1yoFwrI&feature=channel_page
Pirouz Mojtahed-Zadeh

Esfandiar,

 

 

 

 

 

 



----- Original Message -----

From: "Hamid Zangeneh" <hxz0001@yahoo.com>

To: disc@iic.org

Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:21:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern

Subject: [disc] NY Demonstrations II





salaam:



On Thursday, the Hammarskjold plaza was dominated mostly with all of the Jewish groups (Iranian and non-Iranian Jews).  I could hazard a guess that most students were high school level who came with their teachers/parents, a sort of field trip.  All of the Jewish synagogues had announced it throughout the NY, NJ, PA, and CT areas to attend the gathering and they came in force with banners, loud speakers, and signs.  



Shahollahis were there and Orthodox Jews (anti Zionist supporters of Ahmadijejad) were there as well.  



The only arguments that I witnessed (actually participated in, a little) were in defense of these Jews against Shahollahis who were heckling them, without success I should add.  Shahollahis were adamant to do their heckling and could not be stopped by anyone all day as long as the Orthodox Jews were there.  



I missed to hanging of the protest Banner over the Brooklyn Bridge.  I heard it went well according to the plan.



At then end of the day, around 5 o'clock some Iranians brought a bust of Neda and uncovered it.  It was a moving event.  Probably the moving event of the day.  I hope someone will put it on the youtube soon



Best

Mr. Ala, emails are stubborn things

On 10/26/07, Javad Fakharzadeh < javad.fakharzadeh@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Friend of Iran and Iranian Friend, 



I just received a letter from the NIAC (National Iranian American Council) president, Dr. Trita Parsi. I know Trita for over 10 years now when he started IIC (Iranians for International Cooperation) from Sweden. Dr. Ala and I have taken over IIC (now called Iran Alliance) when Trita Parsi started NIAC right after he moved to the US to attend John Hopkins University for his PhD program. 



NIAC has become the most active Iranian American organization to defend our interests in the US. The organization is run by an impressive board of directors (see attached flyer). They are after our interests here and in Iran. Hence, it makes sense to join to their organization and contribute to a worthy cause. 



Please take a moment and read the attached flyer and then send me a private message of support so we can have a better voice to be heard in Washington on our behalf. 



Javad Fakharzadeh, Board Member
Iran Alliance Organization
//www.iranalliance.org/

"Those were the days, my friend!"

These days a dollar is worth 1,340-1350 tomaans! That is for the average Iranians. As for the chosen few, they still get their foreign currencies at much lower rates!

Dear Mohammad Ala

Thank you for the explanation of IIC. There are so many of these I am unable to keep track of them. People as talented as Iranians in poetry got to be able to make up names that are not all IIC :-)

Regarding investments I am in the process of getting hammered right now! I did half decent with my house only 5 % down since I bought it. My luck was the divorce forced me to wait until last year to buy so market had already tanked. 

By the way I am still waiting for the guy who offered to sell me beach front property. He mentioned it was somewhere in Kavire-Loot. But when I showed interest never responded. If I am not mistaken 6000 years ago there was a giant lake there.

Thugs... Accountability and honesty....

Arash jan; you are correct that I never worked with Dr. Ahmadi.  He was never associated with IIC which I started it with four other people.  Trita Parsi decided to split and started NIAC.  You and Dai are wrong with your history…LOL.  Keep on demonstrating how much you do not know.

I consider those who hide their identity and attack “real” people as thugs.  As Colonel Paul did with Iraq using maps to show where Iraq’s WMD were, you must have similar information about my investment in Iran which can be bombed with my permission which I give here; but please spare other Iranians.

Regarding Amil, most people on IC know him.  That is why I used him.  I know the real Amil and like him as a person but his work has been ridiculed (by many.)  Honesty and accountability are two characteristics which I use to evaluate people and their work.

Stop spewing non-senses.  NIAC has their own court documents which I was not interested to see, the bottom line is that NIAC is doing good work whereas I have not seen any solid work from other organizations.  Arash you think you know, but you don’t.

I have been around more than 40 years using my real name and when you contacted me, I guess ten years ago, you used a different name than Arash Irandoost.  It seems to me that you and people like you have not learned to be democratic and respect other people’s views.  Please consider this my last reply to you.

TO VPK:

VPK jan, Sorry I do not have any money to invest in oil stocks.  I learned a hard lesson that stock market and real estate markets were not for me.

IIC = Iranians for International Cooperation which I let it expire around 2003-2004.  (This organization started in 1996 with four people and was registered in 1999) I love when people who do not know about its past are spewing non-senses.  I just love people talk and laugh at them.

Regarding IIC

Arash please disambiguate. I think by IIC you mean "Iran Industrial Consultants". As opposed to the progressive secular group. International Iranian Council:

//iranian.com/main/blog/ramintork/please-...

Please make this clear because I am getting confused. The latter is very progressive and there is no shame in being a member of it. Would you please set my mind to rest.

Amir Ahmadi, You and IIC

Mullahkosh - I don't know IRI investing friends. You do!

But, considering the IRI 5-50% inflation rate (//www.indexmundi.com/iran/inflation_rate_(consumer_prices).html) vs. -0.4-5% US inflation rate (//inflationdata.com/inflation/inflation_rate/historicalinflation.aspx)

and, as suggested here, 15% interest from IRI banks vs. 5% interest to US banks, I stand by my calculations, and tell you that your IRI-bank investing "acquintances" have other sources of income.  And, that is besides dealing with the US Homeland Security.

1979: $1 = 7.15 toman

today: $1 = around 1090 toman (//www.forexticket.co.uk/en/currency/converter-USD-IRR), depending on position of jupiter, the moon, the sun and the ME temperature!

I wish you and friends good luck in your IRI bank investments.  I will keep my money in the US banks.  Thank you.

Newt must have

bought oil stocks recently it may be a good time to get in on it. See what he bought and follow suit :-) Maybe Dr Ala and I get to recover our investment losses! 

  Gingrich Urges War

//www.juancole.com/2011/11/gingrich-urges-war-with-iran-and-skyrocketing-oil-prices.html 

"It is the chain of communicat­ion, not the means of production­, that determines a social process."

-- Robert Anton Wilson

Iranian.com

Arash jan; you sent me an e-mail asking my opinion many years ago!  You are wrong about IIC and Dr. Amir Ahmadi.  I am glad you and Mr. Dai have made this claim, it demonstrates how much you don't know.

All my USA investments have tanked thanks to 1% who have stolen from ordinary people.  It is NOT fair to hide your identity and question a "real" person because those who act like you come across as thugs themselves. 

Iranian.com's motto is that ‘nothing is sacred’. Well, I would argue that some things are. People MUST be held to minimum standards of ethical behavior in a social setting where everyone is expected to be treated with respect and deference regardless of their opinion. 

Do you know several Iranian gathering in California were cancelled because people such as Mr. Parsa of Pars TV started "Aarbadeh keshee" in the middle of hotel and meetings?  This is thug behavior similar to those who hide their identity and question “real” people.

The day JJ and his Iranian.com enforces the policy used by every other reputable website about its members and begin removing personal attacks and accusations that are totally irrelevant to the subject matter being discussed, I’ll be more than happy to post my views more openly.

Iranians have not learned to be fair and democratic even those who live in free societies.  Very sad.

Arash

What you say sounds good in principal but we need to see it in practice. I think Parsi has a right to his opinion. But he does not speak for me. No one does other than myself. 

One of the biggest problems I see with Iranians both inside and outside is use of "we". There is no one who speaks for "us" nor will there ever be. There are too many different opinions. Whenever "we" becomes "one" there is trouble. That happened when Khomeini became "our" voice. People may agree that IRI needs to go. But not that is universal as I know Iranians in America who want IRI to remain. Signatures are good because they show people really supporting something. 

Regarding sanctions if you want IRI gone yes very tough ones are needed. I would exclude books and other "information". Because they actually help bring down the regime. It is silly to restrict information flow when it will inform people. Better than anything is to confiscate the holdings of IRI leaders in the West. Put it in a fund and compensate Iranian victims of IRI. I insist no one other than Iranian victims should be allowed to recover any damages from it.

VPK Sanctions are only a smoke screen

VPK, I only put people's names in the letter if I have an email request is
received or if they leave a comment under the letter requesting such.
(oftentimes they provide real names but want an alias to be used-very
understandable from our perspective) You could do the same-

We do keep such a list extremely confidential-unless we are hacked
by IRI and NIAC Cyber Army.

PDMI has these core messages:

Islamic Republic cannot be reformed and regime changes is the only
option. So forget Mousavi----Khomeini and in between.

We support  secular democracy for Iran where varying groups
can form political parties and participate in their country’s affairs. We do
not advocate for Monarchy, Socialism, Communism, etc.  My blog posts
prominent Iranians who had a major role (good or bad) in our nations history:
Dr. Mossadegh, Dr Bakhtiar, Reza Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Amir Kabir,
Sadegh Hedayat, Ahmad Kasravi ...) Khomeini..Etc.

We are very much anti war and believe that in fact it is the
ill guided policies of the regime and its lobby that will
ultimately drag us into a disastrous war.  So in our belief War
mongering is attributed to IRI and some leftist propaganda groups (CASMII) to
scare Iranians and not the other way around.  Granted that there are
people who think War is a viable option like Mir Fertoos and John Boltons of
the world.  We do not share that view point.

We are totally independent and non partisan- our current adversaries
are IRI, Islamist extremist apologists and IRI lobby and its apologists.

We want the strictest form of (non food and medicine)
sanctions-including banks and oil, but not to bring the regime to the
negotiations table for "dialogue and diplomacy" but to weaken it and
rid Iran free of the theocratic dictatorship. 

We believe dialogue and diplomacy has served no purpose for 33
years.  You dialogue with a person who is interested in dialogue.
Khamenei hates and distrusts US with passion and has invested 33 year on
hatred for America and Israel propaganda- dialoguing with the US is much like
the poison pill-Khomeini had to take... suicidal at best- he has Hamas , Al-Qaida
and Hezbollah to answer to.  They will abandon him in a hurry.

We respect all religions and people's religious viewpoints.
Religion is a private matter. 

We want freedom of expression so that all aspects of Iranian
issues 

We want transparency and do not think IRI or its lobby groups are
transparent.

We want and demand a seat at the table and do not like Rays,
Tritas,  Akabar, Mohsens and Karims and Ramins of the world to speak on
our behalf without a proper and open process.  Trita Parsi is not an
Iranian American and should not be allowed to represent me and other
Iranian-Americans. He does not qualify! 

Arash

Thank you for the very detailed explanation of things. Do you think that now Obama has changed policy? In my opinion Hillary is more informed than Obama is. I also kow all you say about NIAC.

Just to let you know about a year ago I started a one year trial of NIAC. With the benefit of the doubt. In time I reached the same conclusion as you. They are out to preserve the regime. It was not what I wanted to believe but sadly it is what I saw.

The problem with the anti-NIAC side is their association with MEK. That turns people like me off with no options but myself or maybe PAAIA. I will NOT ally myself with MEK or anyone remotely related to them.

We need a clean anti-IRI; anti-MEK movement. Otherwise we are going to flail around with no voice. I support 100% air tight sanctions. I also want Obama to publicly oppose any separatist movements.

I oppose any kind of military action as counter productive at present. However if demonstrators are attacked by Basiji that is different. Air support as done in Libya is perfectly acceptable to me. 

One last thing: we should keep our posts shorter otherwise no one reads them!

VPK here is another perspective

 In
"Why Obama Betrayed the Iranian People" in the American Thinker, November 9, Pamela Geller exposes the agenda
behind the Obama Administration's advisers on Iran:

Why
did President Obama refuse to support the demonstrators in Iran in 2009, but
supported the "Arab Spring" in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere more
recently?

In 2009, demonstrators filled the
streets of Iran, denouncing the regime and crying out for freedom. It was a
glorious opportunity for the leader of the free world to demonstrate his
support for free people everywhere and strike a decisive blow against the
bloody regime that had considered itself at war with the United States for
three decades.

But Barack Obama didn't help them.
Quite the contrary. The leader of the free world was too busy extending his
hand to those same mullahs.

It was monstrous when Obama stood by
and did nothing during the abortive Iranian revolution; instead, he bought ice
cream and posed for photo ops on the golf course while the only revolution
against Islamic rule in a Muslim country was taking flight in Iran.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
revealed one reason why last week: the Obama administration's Iranian advisers
told them not to express support for the protesters.

"At the time," Hillary said,
"the most insistent voices within the Green Movement and the supporters
from outside of Iran were that we, the United States, had to be very careful
not to look like what was happening inside Iran was directed by... the United
States. So we were torn. ... [W]e kept being cautioned that we would put
people's lives in danger, we would discredit the movement, we would undermine
their aspirations."

Now the Foundation for Democracy in
Iran has revealed that Hillary's advisors on Iran included Trita Parsi.

Trita Parsi is the president of the
George Soros-funded National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a powerful
Iranian lobbying group in Washington. Arash Irandoost of the Pro-Democracy
Movement of Iran calls Parsi "an intellectually dishonest regime apologist
and an unofficial and unregistered lobbyist for the Iranian regime."
According to Irandoost,
"Trita Parsi contributes to the regime's agenda and serves the interests
of those in power in the Islamic Republic of Iran, not the Iranians, nor the
Iranian-Americans."

And the Progressive American-Iranian
Committee says that when NIAC and Parsi received funding for
various projects from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), "NIAC's
projects were approved and welcomed by the Iranian regime." NIAC
coordinated its work inside Iran with Hamyaran, a
"government initiated agency incepted [sic], initiated, founded and
managed by the Iranian regime." NIAC and Parsi even lobbied the
U.S. Congress to "stop appropriating funds for independent democratic
movements and NGOs that were not under Hamyaran or regime's control."

Not surprisingly, Parsi opposes
sanctions against the Islamic Republic,claiming that "imposing new sanctions prior to
diplomacy having begun will only decrease the chances of successful
diplomacy." The NIAC has opposed sanctions for quite some time. Iranian
dissident Hassan Daioleslam notes that "in 2008, when [the]
U.S. Congress was showing some teeth to the Iranian regime," a coalition
of Islamic groups, antiwar groups, and others founded the Campaign for New
American Policy on Iran to fight against new sanctions against Iran called for
by the advisory resolution H.R. 362. This resolution was not passed, and
"NIAC and Parsi," says Daioleslam, "were on top of this
event."

No strike on Iran. No sanctions. Just
diplomacy -- with a genocidally inclined and fanatically intransigent regime
whose contempt for Obama's overtures made the president look increasingly
beggarly as his presidency wore on.

It is no mystery why
many wonder which side NIAC is really on. And as long as it continued to wield
such influence in Washington and held the ear of Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton, the freedom-fighters in Tehran didn't stand a chance....

In
"Why Obama Betrayed the Iranian People" in the American Thinker, November 9, Pamela Geller exposes the agenda
behind the Obama Administration's advisers on Iran:

Why
did President Obama refuse to support the demonstrators in Iran in 2009, but
supported the "Arab Spring" in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere more
recently?

In 2009, demonstrators filled the
streets of Iran, denouncing the regime and crying out for freedom. It was a
glorious opportunity for the leader of the free world to demonstrate his
support for free people everywhere and strike a decisive blow against the
bloody regime that had considered itself at war with the United States for
three decades.

But Barack Obama didn't help them.
Quite the contrary. The leader of the free world was too busy extending his
hand to those same mullahs.

It was monstrous when Obama stood by
and did nothing during the abortive Iranian revolution; instead, he bought ice
cream and posed for photo ops on the golf course while the only revolution
against Islamic rule in a Muslim country was taking flight in Iran.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
revealed one reason why last week: the Obama administration's Iranian advisers
told them not to express support for the protesters.

"At the time," Hillary said,
"the most insistent voices within the Green Movement and the supporters
from outside of Iran were that we, the United States, had to be very careful
not to look like what was happening inside Iran was directed by... the United
States. So we were torn. ... [W]e kept being cautioned that we would put
people's lives in danger, we would discredit the movement, we would undermine
their aspirations."

Now the Foundation for Democracy in
Iran has revealed that Hillary's advisors on Iran included Trita Parsi.

Trita Parsi is the president of the
George Soros-funded National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a powerful
Iranian lobbying group in Washington. Arash Irandoost of the Pro-Democracy
Movement of Iran calls Parsi "an intellectually dishonest regime apologist
and an unofficial and unregistered lobbyist for the Iranian regime."
According to Irandoost,
"Trita Parsi contributes to the regime's agenda and serves the interests
of those in power in the Islamic Republic of Iran, not the Iranians, nor the
Iranian-Americans."

And the Progressive American-Iranian
Committee says that when NIAC and Parsi received funding for
various projects from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), "NIAC's
projects were approved and welcomed by the Iranian regime." NIAC
coordinated its work inside Iran with Hamyaran, a
"government initiated agency incepted [sic], initiated, founded and
managed by the Iranian regime." NIAC and Parsi even lobbied the
U.S. Congress to "stop appropriating funds for independent democratic
movements and NGOs that were not under Hamyaran or regime's control."

Not surprisingly, Parsi opposes
sanctions against the Islamic Republic,claiming that "imposing new sanctions prior to
diplomacy having begun will only decrease the chances of successful
diplomacy." The NIAC has opposed sanctions for quite some time. Iranian
dissident Hassan Daioleslam notes that "in 2008, when [the]
U.S. Congress was showing some teeth to the Iranian regime," a coalition
of Islamic groups, antiwar groups, and others founded the Campaign for New
American Policy on Iran to fight against new sanctions against Iran called for
by the advisory resolution H.R. 362. This resolution was not passed, and
"NIAC and Parsi," says Daioleslam, "were on top of this
event."

No strike on Iran. No sanctions. Just
diplomacy -- with a genocidally inclined and fanatically intransigent regime
whose contempt for Obama's overtures made the president look increasingly
beggarly as his presidency wore on.

It is no mystery why
many wonder which side NIAC is really on. And as long as it continued to wield
such influence in Washington and held the ear of Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton, the freedom-fighters in Tehran didn't stand a chance....

 //www.jihadwatch.org/2011/11/geller-why-obama-betrayed-the-iranian-people.html 

Re: Investments in Iran

Yes my family had investements in Iran also. They were stolen by IRI with made up charges. Why is one person allowed to have investments there and others home stolen?  I am really angry about this.

I want sanctions and the more tough the better. If my home is fair game so is other peoples investments. It is funny to hear people talk about "Palestinian" home taken but not mine.

I got in an argument with a Palestinian advocate not on IC. He was very emotional about the issue but dismissive of my losses. Becuase"my" family somehow did not count. Put in the sanctions and let them have it!

Arash

My name is a pseudonym but you may put it if you want. Is it possible to sign with real name but keep it confidential.

I am still not sure how you expect Obama to put in meaningful sanctions. Maybe if pressed by Republicans in an election year. Or maybe in order to prevent a full scale Israel attack which all agree will be a disaster.

I hear one group saying USA wants to keep IRI.  Then people turn around wanting USA to help in regime change. Please tell me what am I missing? We know EU wants to keep IRI as does Russia and China. Why should Obama change gears. Is it realistic to expect Obama to help in regime change. None makes any sense to me.

Why Obama listen to IRI

VPK, To understand Obama, you need to dig a little deeper:

When Obama was a Senator, he invited a particular Islamic group to
his office: His words to them:  help me get elected as the president and I
will take acre of you and your cause. Your job is to do the research and find
out who and when and which. Hello Egypt!

Prior to Obama, Clintons had been appeasing IRI.  Remember
Bill Clinton waited for Khatami to come out of the UN restroom, for over 15
minutes to thaw the ice...know what?...Khatami stayed in and never came out. So
much for the dialogue of civilizations!

Some much for regimes willingness for dialogue and diplomacy.

Dialogue and diplomacy are designed by regime agents and lobbyists
to buy regime time to build a nuclear bomb and allow regime to continue
exporting oil. To the tune of 80 Billion a year!

p.s. can i put your name as a signatory?  Just kidding - know you are not allowed.

Since you brought up the subject

Mr. Ala,

I do not know why you picked Amil Imani here among 100 plus and
growing signatories? I use an alias as well.

If we are going to be honest with each other:

You, yourself was one of the founders of IIC with Amir Ahmadi and
Trita Parsi. Were you not?   You have many homes in Iran (investment) and
in LA. Do you not? 

It is obvious that as an investor in Iran (nothing wrong for being
an honorable investor) you would take issue with Sanctions.  That is
precisely the point of this letter. You do not qualify as an
"ordinary" Iranian by my standard, but by NIAC's.

You made fun of many Iranians who are using aliases in the letter?
I think, by attempting indirectly and directly to discredit our effort, you are
making our point for us:

Why do you think people are not putting their real names?

I will tell you:  

Because they are afraid of their own government.  Period and
such a shame!

They are afraid of Basij thugs who will knock at their door in the
middle of the night and takes them to jail, if not make them disappear for
expressing themselves and criticizing their government.  

My wife with some others exclusively works on refugees matters.
I have stories of their (refugees) horror to back up my claim. They
managed to escape Iran, because regime agents identifies, arrests, tortures or
intimidates anyone into silence for speaking their minds and participating in
their countries affairs.  if they found out, who they were. That is why
they use aliases. They are the honorable "Ordinary and conscientious"
Iranians.

IRI just surpassed China on human right violations.

Isn't it a shame that a regime which promised so many liberties then,
arrests its own citizens for speaking their minds, now?

Question: Have you every helped one of the 10,000 plus refugees stranded in Iraq, Turkey, Greece, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan ... call me. or ask me ... 

Bycott Islamist regime's oil.

 Dont buy a single drop of oil from the islamist regime, and we Iranians ourselves will take care of these murdering, thieving Islamist Fascists, ourselves, in our ways.

p.s. We Iranians also promise to do our very best not to chop off Ahmadinezhad's index finger or have khamenei sodomized before their hanging right opposite the chinese & russian  embassies in Tehran....

"Personal business must yield to collective interest."

Arash A Q?

If Obama wants IRI why do you think he will listen to the sanctions request. 

I agree that Sanctions are whimpy

I agree that Sanctions are whimpy

Who are NIAC's "Ordinary" Iranians?

IRGC and Khavari and Rafsanjani types investing in Canada

Iranian-American super rich trading with Iran