Iranian-American Forum is a platform for thinkers, leading figures, social and political activists from different disciplines and all cross-section of society with different backgrounds to achieve the common goal of supporting Iranian peoples’ aspirations for democratic change, human rights, freedom of expression, press, association and assembly, separation of religion and government and the right to social and economic developments.

We are committed to the principles of democracy, equality, freedom and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We believe in a system in which men and women have equal rights, and no one is discriminated based on gender, religion, age, and ethnicity.

We believe that the idea of moderation in Iranian regime is an illusion that hurts the democratic struggle of Iranian people and helps the regime to manipulate US policy with Iran.

We oppose the Iranian regime’s nuclear program, its support for terrorism and its expansionist policies in the region.

We believe that democracy in Iran is best achieved through regime change by the Iranian people. We oppose foreign war as well as appeasement policies that prolong the regime’s rule in Iran. In this regard, we encourage policies in the West that support Iranian people aspirations for freedom and democracy, and caution against the Iranian regime’s web of influence and its lobby in the U.S. and expose their activities which undermine American and Iranian people mutual interests.

Editors:

Hassan Dai

Hassan Dai is a human rights activist and political analyst. He is well-published in Farsi and English and has frequently appeared as an expert guest on the Voice of America and major Persian language media.

Dai studied at Tehran Polytechnic University where he was a student leader before and after the revolution. With deteriorating situation for political activists, Dai left Iran and moved to France. In Europe, he worked with the Iranian secular groups on human rights issues. With this regards, he provided extensive reports to the United Nation’s bureau in Geneva documenting a severe violation of human rights violations in Iran.

In 2001 Dai migrated to the United States and focused on US-Iran relations investigating and reporting the Iranian regime’s disguised web of lobby and advocacy in the US.  His reports on pro-Tehran lobby have been largely published in English and Farsi websites and journals.

In 2008 the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and its president Trita Parsi, whose illicit advocacy on behalf of the Iranian regime in the US had been revealed by Dai, filed a lawsuit against him.  The documents discovered in the process of this lawsuit have found a historic role in exposing the Iranian regime’s complex machinery in the West. In November 2009, in a front-page article, Washington Times featured a report based on these discovery documents.

On September 13, U.S. District Judge John Bates dismissed the lawsuit and granted summary judgment to Hassan Dai.

In a second ruling, the judge sanctioned NIAC and Trita Parsi for discovery abuses including a false declaration to the court and ordered them to pay a significant part of Dai’s legal expenses.

Dr. Kazem Moussavi

Dr. Kazem Moussavi is the editor of “Iran Appeasement Monitor,” which is the German section of Iranian American Forum’s website. He is a graduate of TU Berlin in civil engineering and environment. Dr. Mousavi is a co-founder of “Green Party of Iran” and was an active and prominent member of “Stop the Bomb” organization in Germany.

Dr. Moussavi has been relentlessly exposing Iranian regime’s web of influence and its network of Islamic centers in Germany. His reports and activities have resulted in the cancellation of Tehran-sponsored economic conferences or so-called cultural events. He is a leading activist in opposing the anti-Semitic “Al-Quds Day” rally while combatting Tehran’s campaign against Israel in Germany.

Dr. Mousavi’s activities have angered governmental press in Tehran which regularly attack and smear him.

He has published numerous reports about Iran’s environmental crisis and his writings about pro-Tehran’s activities in Germany and the regime’s human rights violations have had an important impact. He is regularly invited to speak at conferences about political, human rights and environmental issues in Iran.

During the recent popular uprising in Iran, The German newspaper “Die Welt” published a special report featuring Dr. Moussavi’s view and his criticism of Germany’s appeasement policies toward the Iranian regime.  He was also interviewed by the popular TV show Berlin Direkt, a TV magazine broadcasting by German public-service television, and demanded that the German foreign minister stop putting economic interests before human rights issues.

Kayvan Kaboli

Kayvan Kaboli is an Iranian-American author. He has written many articles and has produced several television programs and documentaries since 2006. He is an expert in the Middle East political and economic affairs with a particular interest in environmental issues.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and his master’s in software engineering.

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