THREAD

1)
@SidneyPowell1 reflects on #Iran’s meddling in the U.S. in a recent tweet to U.S. President Donald Trump.

This thread focuses on Iran’s dangerous influence in the U.S., especially through its DC-based lobby group

2)
Why is this important?

@DNI_Ratcliffe "told CBS News that there was foreign election interference by China, #Iran & Russia in November of this year [2020]."

All Americans should be informed about how Iran & its lobby group NIAC are meddling in the US.
3)
#Iran has been increasingly aiming to interfere in U.S. elections specifically through NIAC.

DNI John Ratcliffe had previously shed light on this vital issue.
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NIAC is a lobby group in the U.S. pushing Iran’s talking points.

Listen to this Iranian regime insider explain that NIAC was established by @JZarif, the foreign minister of Iran.
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@tparsi is the official founder of NIAC in the U.S.

Listen to how Trita Parsi parrots Zarif’s talking points.
6)
Parsi has a history of exchanging emails with Zarif.

Here are just four examples.

Thread below provides much more in detail.
https://t.co/7jweAWdRkN
7)
Here we see @NegarMortazavi & @YasmineTaeb, the ladies leading this rally. They are both former NIAC members & thus linked to Iran's regime.

All Americans should be informed that Iran's lobbyists have established ties with American figures.
8)
Here is proof that Mortazavi & Taeb are former members of Iran's lobby arm NIAC.

Mortazavi is also very fond of Iran's chief apologist Zarif.

Note: Iran's officials only allow pictures with Iranians who are their utmost loyalists.
9)
Listen to Mortazavi in a TV interview boast about having close ties with Team Biden.

I recommend watching the video to the end.
10)
Listen to how Mortazavi justifies the crimes of #Iran's regime.

This is the hallmark of Iran's network of apologists & lobbyists in the West.
11)
An important piece on NIAC by @michaeldjohnsjr.

“The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) frequently echoes Tehran’s rhetoric in redirecting blame at the U.S. for Iranian aggression and malfeasance.”
https://t.co/KGOsvpPknV
12)
“Progressives line up their own national security recruits for Biden,” according to Politico.

The list includes none other than Trita Parsi who has very close ties to Tehran’s regime’s senior officials & a history of exchanging emails with Zarif himself.
13)
These photos are telling:

L-Parsi close to Iran’s deputy FM @araghchi during the 2015 nuclear talks with the Obama admin.

R-Parsi with @HassanRouhani’s brother Hossein (right) & nuclear negotiator @TakhtRavanchi (second from right) during the 2015 nuclear talks.
14)
Fereydoon was directly involved in the 2015 nuclear talks, seen here with @JZarif & Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, while walking after an afternoon meeting with @JohnKerry & U.S. officials in Switzerland.

Notice Parsi's avatar.
15)
For those more interested on Iran’s meddling in the U.S., read this thread from this tweet forward.
https://t.co/KplgkE61qI

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