Posts Tagged ‘ lobby ’

Iran lobby enraged at France, reminds freedom fries episode

Nov 9th, 2013

Hassan Dai
Pro-Tehran lobbyists led by Trita Parsi have unleashed a vehement attack against France for blocking a nuclear deal in Geneva. Parsi called Fabius an anti-Iranian racist, said France doesn’t deserve its seat in UNSC. In 20003, Parsi’s boss corrupted Bob Ney launched freedom fries to protest France opposition to war in Iraq



Iran: Anti-Imperialism Meets Big Oil

Nov 7th, 2013

Hamid Yazdan Panah, 7 November 2013
A popular view amongst some individuals who claim to be “anti-war” is that the Iranian regime is resisting imperialism. Yet these individuals rarely if ever talk about the issue at the core of Iran’s geopolitics, namely oil. The reality is the regime has actively sold the wealth of Iran in order to maintain its own survival, and has continuously been backed by foreign entities keen on exploiting our natural resources.



Zarif says Iran can defeat US and Israel

Nov 2nd, 2013

Hassan Dai, 11.2.2013
Zarif told parliament that Iran can defeat US and Israel by exploiting the divisions in Washington over Iran. An advisory report to Rouhani recommends enhancing the hands of those political forces in Washington that accept a nuclear Iran and believe policy of pressure against Iran should be abandoned



Sanctions and Human Rights, Beyond the Empty Rhetoric

Oct 27th, 2013

Hamid Yazdan Panah, 27 October 2013
Many Iranians and westerners have questioned the use of sanctions and whether they are an effective tool against the regime, or a threat to the domestic population. But little attention has been paid as to who is behind these efforts to remove sanctions, and how they aim to benefit from business with Tehran. This begs the question, is it the people of Iran who will be hurt most by these sanctions, or the regime and the oil industry



Mullahs’ pundit Hooman Majd calls WSJ editor a “House Negro”

Oct 21st, 2013

Alana Goodman, Oct 21 2013, Washington Free Beacon
Hooman Majd, Iranian regime’s pundit in the US has called the anti-regime WSJ journalist Ahmari a “House Negro”. In 2012, Majd sent a tweet to human rights defender Nazanin Afshin-Jam, and wrote: “F***ing a Canadian minister doesn’t make you Canadian, azizam. Come back to papa.”