Monday, June 23, 2008

US Congress Is Accused of Funding Regime Programs in Tehran

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) reportedly spent U.S. Congressional funds on regime-affiliated agencies in Tehran!

The Foundation for Democracy in Iran reported the stunning news last week that US Congressional funds were being spent, through NIAC, to train regime officials at a state-affiliated agency in Tehran:

In stunning revelations that appeared in Frontpage Magazine recently, Iranian research Hassan Daioleslam reveals that the National Iranian American Council used money from a 2002 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy to train officials at an Iranian state-affiliated agency in Tehran, contrary to the stated purpose of the NED grant.

While the money was appropriated by Congress to promote civil society in Iran, NIAC "spent these funds on trivial activities aimed at enhancing false-flag Iranian NGOs, that were in fact managed and controlled by Iranian Deputy Ministers or high level officials - making a mockery of the term "Non-Governmental," Daioleslam writes. Among the Tehran-based "NGO's that were assisted by NIAC under the NED grant was an outfit called Hamyran, which "is not an NGO but a government initiated false flag agency... managed by the deputy minister and undersecretary of health, Hossein Malek-Afzali," Dailoleslam added. A second "NGO" aided by NIAC under the NED grant was the Family Planning Association, also headed by Malek-Afzali and Iranian government official Safieh Afshari.

Trita Parsi is the President of NIAC. Trita studied under Barack Obama's controversial advisor, and Iranian regime favorite, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski.

NIAC responded to these accusations by filing a defamation lawsuit against Hassan Daioleslam. NIAC says that since early 2007 Daioleslam has mischaracterized NIAC's anti-war and pro-diplomacy activities as serving the interest of the Iranian government:

...His writings have mostly appeared on right-wing blogs and in neo-conservative outlets.

NIAC welcomes a substantive debate on issues concerning Iranians Americans. It has repeatedly asked Daioleslam to engage in a constructive dialogue, but despite NIAC's efforts, Daioleslam has continued to do nothing but defame NIAC through defamation, slander misquotations and false linkages to entities and figures that have played no role in NIAC's inception, operations or development.

The decision to pursue legal action against Daioleslam has been motivated by NIAC's strong conviction that the undemocratic practice of using defamation and character assassination to achieve political ends must be eradicated in order for the Iranian-American community to fully mature politically and play a strong role in American democracy.

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:15 AM

    Our "be-all", "feel-good", "non-offensive" Congress just can't help being suckers for taqqiya. They are so deep in deception of the American citizen themelves, that Congressional office holders are easy targets for the appeasement demands of islam. These muslim groups are just misappropriating taxpayer funds in the grand, traditional Congressionally-tested fashion. Just another earmark gone bad. This 6%-approval rated bunch of vermin sold out and submitted long ago. Don't expect these inheritors of the founding father's house to respect or uphold it, especially when so many so obviously hate America. 6%. I guess some may have mothers, but not many.

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  2. twolaneflash says: "Our "be-all", "feel-good", "non-offensive" Congress just can't help being suckers for taqqiya"...

    Nailed it in one!

    I think David Horowitz is a bit less forgiving than you are twolaneflash...:-)

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  3. Anonymous11:04 AM

    Trita Parsi is an known agent of the Mullahs of Iran; Iranians have been trying to make American award of this guy and his posse of "lobbyists" and spies for years but rather than take the time to believe us, we Iranians are attacked and insulted and told that we're conspiracy theorists, nuts and neo-cons. Well, don't believe us and see what they're capable of first hand...that's when we WILL say "WE TOLD YOU SO".

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