Recent events serve as further proof that the Iranian government continues to engage in obfuscation and delaying tactics as it pursues a nuclear weapons capability in defiance of the United Nations, the IAEA and the community of nations.
Regime-sympathizers like the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) came to Capitol Hill urging members of Congress to cut off U.S. funding for democracy programs in Iran. Democracy funding “taints” Iranian dissidents, they claimed, and only invites harsher crackdowns on the Iranian people.
Anha Eshte-bah Kardand. They were wrong.
As Americans, how can we justify this apparent retreat from human rights? Are discredited arguments by regime sympathizers like NIAC swaying policy decisions by our State Department – even after June 12th?
No. It stays silent and issues a newsletter about an Iranian-American running for City Council in Atlanta, GA, while quietly removing the criminal’s name from its website.
New York, NY - United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) today called on the InterContinental to refuse to host President Ahmadinejad and offered the InterContinental an opportunity to clarify its role as the official host hotel to President Ahmadinejad during his stay in New York for the UNGA. In a letter to Mr. Leland Lewis, General [...]
Ross’s promotion and Takeyh’s eviction could be a sign that the political mood toward Iran is changing the momentum and prospects for friendly approaches with tha Mullahs are rapidly fainting.
For the past several years, a coalition of groups, mainly the left and anti-war organizations have been lobbying to lift the pressure and sanctions against Iran. In late 2007, an official coalition was launched called the “Campaign for a New Policy on Iran” (CNAPI). NIAC coordinates this lobby that includes the Open Society and USA-Engage.
Hence the reason for leverett’s precipitated intervention to control the damage. He wrote an article titled: “Ahmadinejad won the election, get over it. Apparently, this did not convince too many people. He then appeared on TV to declare that “US media’s Iran coverage is ill informed and biased.
By ALEXANDRA SCAGGS and AMIR EFRATI
A New York man was charged for allegedly scheming to borrow up to $74 million from CitigroupInc.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and the Federal Bureau of Investigations say Hassan Nemazee fraudulently applied for $74 million in loans for Nemazee Capital Corp., of which he is chairman and Chief Executive.
Federal prosecutors contend Mr. Nemazee obtained [...]
Several weeks have passed and the uprising has not died yet. Moreover, it became clear that the regime is far from the “united power” that Parsi proclaimed. It was time for a 180-degree reversal
Dai from PAIC debate Alireza Namvar Haghighi on VOA
Saturday- July 18, 2009
Subject: The Iranian uprising and the prospect of US policy toward Iran