For the past twelve years, Trita Parsi has unremittingly lobbied the U.S. Congress to lift pressure off the Iranian regime. A short while ago, he advised the U.S. government to share the Middle East with the ruling mullahs. Now, supported by some influential circles in the U.S. and benefiting from his new PR agency, Parsi strives to present himself as a voice for the Iranian people and the green movement.

The review of Trita Parsi and Mansouri’s communications shows that the 2005-2007 projects funded by NED and Eurasia Funds were limited to the activities of one single person, Mohammad Mansouri who was hired by NIAC as NGO consultant. He reported his activities to Trita Parsi and Parsi reported back to NED and EF.

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Washington is distancing itself from a controversial National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), produced by several US spy agencies in 2007, which suggested Iran had suspended work on weapons design four years earlier.