The Money Behind the Iran Deal: NIAC Exposed

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The Money Behind the Iran Deal: NIAC Exposed
Hamid Yazdan Panah

By Hamid Yazdan Panah

A recent article by the Daily Beast is making headlines and further exposing the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) for what is, a tool to promote economic ties with the mullahs in Iran.

The expose, entitled The Shady Family Behind America’s Iran Lobby , ran this past Tuesday provides an exhaustive background on the connections between NIAC, the Namazi family, and the Iranian regime, underscoring how these three seemingly disparate interests relentlessly pursued the removal of sanctions on Iran, each for their own benefits.

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1988 massacre of Iran’s political prisoners and nuclear deal

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1988 massacre of Iran’s political prisoners and nuclear deal
Karim Moradi an Iranian human rights activist and member of the Society of Iranian Political Prisoners

Washington, 18 Sep – A former Iranian political prisoner has described his experience during the seven years he spent in Iran’s jails. Karim Moradi, an Iranian human rights activist and member of the Society of Iranian Political Prisoners, gave his account of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran in an article on Friday in TheHill.com:

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Arrested civil activists in Iran’s prisons left in limbo

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Arrested civil activists in Iran’s prisons left in limbo
Crackdown of women in Iran

London, 6 Sep – Eleven months after the arrest of Nahid Gorji in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, and considering her decreasing psychological conditions while in detention, there is still no precise information about the status of her dossier and the charges raised against her, the main Iranian opposition coalition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has reported.

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Iran political prisoner on hunger strike over abuse

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Iran political prisoner on hunger strike over abuse
Ramezan Kamal Ahmad, a political prisoner detained in Rajaie Shahr Prison of Karaj

Iran Focus

Tehran, 16 Sep – Iranian political prisoner Ramezan Kamal Ahmad, 34, detained in Gohardasht Prison, Karaj, west of Tehran, has been on hunger strike since Saturday, 12 September, protesting his poor physical condition and severe pain in the arms and legs resulting from being beaten, and also being shot while arrested.

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Like ISIS, Iran is destroying 3000-year-old site – NCRI

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Like ISIS, Iran is destroying 3000-year-old site – NCRI
Castle of Kouh Mobarak

London, 15 Sep – In the Jask seaport next to the Persian Gulf in southern Iran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Navy has initiated the demolition of an ancient castle that belonged to the Persian Empire of the Sassanid era, according to a report on the website of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).

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Text of letter by Iranian political prisoner to his daughter

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Text of letter by Iranian political prisoner to his daughter
political prisoner Shahrokh Zamani

London, 15 Sep – Shahrokh Zamani, an Iranian political prisoner, was found dead in his prison cell on Sunday with his mouth full of blood and a bruised head. A 51-year-old labour activist and painter, Mr. Zamani was arrested in June 2011 and was being held in Gohardasht (Rajai Shahr) prison in Karaj, north-west of the Iranian capital Tehran. The following text is an English translation of a letter by Mr. Zamani which he wrote exactly one year ago today to his daughter from prison (published by the National Council of Resistance of Iran)

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In the polls: American people and the Iran Deal

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In the polls: American people and the Iran Deal
In the polls: American people and the Iran Deal

London, 15 Sep – US President Barack Obama’s policy win last week in preventing Congress from blocking the nuclear agreement with Iran will do little to improve his sagging approval ratings amongst the American people.

A new CNN/ORC poll finds 59% of Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling the U.S. relationship with Iran, and about half would have preferred Congress reject the deal. Few believe Iran will abide by its terms, and a growing number consider the country a serious threat to the US.

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Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal – WSJ

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Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal – WSJ
Obama on Iran Deal

The Wall Street Journal – OPINION, COMMENTARY

Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal

Show Tehran the ways it may lose what it won at the gaming tables in Vienna.

By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY

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Iran claims has found unexpectedly high uranium reserve

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Iran claims has found unexpectedly high uranium reserve
iran nuclear program

Tehran, 13 Sep – Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi said on Saturday.

 Any indication Iran could become more self-sufficient in its nuclear programme will be closely watched by world powers, which reached a landmark deal with Tehran on 14 July over its programme. They had feared the nuclear activities were aimed at acquiring the capability to produce atomic weapons.

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Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present – Reuters

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Iran to take Parchin military site samples with IAEA present – Reuters

London, 12 Sep – United Nations inspectors will be present with Iranian technicians as they take samples from a key military site, two Western diplomats said, undercutting an objection by US Republicans to the Iran nuclear deal.

The diplomats were familiar with details of a confidential arrangement between Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog for inspections at the Parchin site, where some countries suspect nuclear weapons-related tests may have taken place, Reuters reported.

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