THREAD

RED FLAG

1)
Members of #Iran’s lobby, @NIACouncil, gaining a foothold in Congress.

- @mahyarsorour with @Ilhan

- @ethanazad with @RepRashida

- @samira_says with @RepBarbaraLee

(h/t @HanifJazayeri for his excellent research.)

2)
@mahyarsorour is the Senior Legislative Assistant to @Ilhan.
Sorour was a candidate for NIAC Action's leadership board back in July.

3)
@ethanazad is a staff member of @RepRashida who handles a "broad legislative portfolio, helping Tlaib’s office on foreign affairs… and government oversight."

4)
@samira_says is a permanent Legislative Assistant in the Office of @RepBarbaraLee. That could potentially give her (and the regime in Iran) access to U.S. citizens' data.

5)
NIAC uses its foothold in Congress to issue such letters by @Ilhan, @RepBarbaraLee & @RepRaulGrijalva that was probably drafted by Iran's mullahs.
They're objecting to "the designation of Iran's Central Bank under terror authorities."

6)
BTW, this is a quick glimpse at how the regime in Iran funds terrorism.

7)
NIAC has established close relations with other members of Congress, including:

@ChrisMurphyCT

@RepDanKildee

@DonnaFEdwards

https://www.niacouncil.org/lawmakers-address-2015-niac-leadership-conference/

8)
@brhodes also established very close relations with NIAC & NIAC founder @tparsi.

9)
Trita Parsi enjoyed unprecedented access to the White House (most likely through Ben Rhodes) prior to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

“Former Iranian Official, Pro-Tehran Lobbyist Hosted at Obama White House Dozens of Times” https://freebeacon.com/national-security/former-iranian-official-pro-tehran-lobbyist-hosted-obama-white-house-dozens-times/

10)
Considering the fact that NIAC is known to be Tehran’s lobby in the U.S., this deserves an investigation by the @FBI & @TheJusticeDept.

As far as the Iranian people are concerned, they have expressed their thoughts about NIAC through this hashtag:

#NIACLobbies4Mullahs

11)
Addendum:
This is all the @NIACouncil crowd can muster.
@Azodiac83
@SinaToossi
@Mollahasani

@JZarif is truly wasting money on you guys because you can't find anything better to say than elementary school language.
Some counter-argument! Very professional!

12)
Addendum:
And not surprised at all to see @lsarsour having close relations with #Iran lobby group @NIACouncil.
@hdagres
@AzadehMoaveni
@yasmin_khan
@tparsi

13)
Another known #Iran apologist/lobbyist is @NegarMortazavi, always ready to whitewash, justify & downgrade the crimes of the mullahs' regime.