A Response to NIAC’s Deceitful Fundraising Letter http://frontpagemag.com/2013/samnunberg/a-response-to-niacs-deceitful-fundraising-letter/?utm_source=FrontPage+Magazine&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=63588e3020-Mailchimp_FrontPageMag ..." In the letter, dated Dec. 31, 2012, Parsi raised
the specter of a well-funded conspiracy “by a
small but powerful group of prominent pro-war
neoconservatives,” headed by Middle East Forum
(MEF) President Daniel Pipes, “to destroy NIAC
[National Iranian American Council] and silence the Iranian-American voice for peace.” He went on: “These elements do not want Iranian Americans to have an independent voice in the United States and they certainly don’t want an effective Iranian-American voice that stands in the way of their dreams of war.” Parsi claimed that the MEF-led conspiracy “spent several million dollars to silence the voice of Iranian Americans, starting with NIAC,” and that the funds came “from people like Sheldon Adelson.”
Mr. Parsi’s letter consists of fabrications,
distortions and lies:
• The Middle East Forum does not, and has never sought “to destroy NIAC and silence the Iranian- American voice for peace.” Quite the contrary, its Legal Project came to the defense of Seid Hassan Daioleslam, editor of the Iranian American Forum and a brave Iranian-American opponent
of the regime in Tehran only after NIAC sued him. The Legal Project preserves rights of free expression, specifically the right in the West freely to discuss Islam, Islamism, terrorism, and related topics. It does not deal with foreign policy." RRD: I have several contacts in the Iranian dissident community they include Iranian Christians,Monarchists,Socialists,Capitalists,liberals & Communists & they all: 1. Oppose the U.S. going to war with their country.
2. Are not "neo-conservatives" ( a term that has lost all meaning) 3. And would be undecided as to whether they should laugh or scream at NIAC's description of itself as being " a independent voice" of Iranians or Iranian Americans. Quite the contrary,in the dissident community they are widely regarded as Tehran's frontmen in the U.S. Indeed the only thing that I can think of that is as absurd is when the MEK ( a weird "Marxist-Islamist" terrorist cult) refers to themselves as "the resistance" in Iran. I do not know the details of this particular controversy so I cannot comment,but thanks for the laugh NIAC!
the specter of a well-funded conspiracy “by a
small but powerful group of prominent pro-war
neoconservatives,” headed by Middle East Forum
(MEF) President Daniel Pipes, “to destroy NIAC
[National Iranian American Council] and silence the Iranian-American voice for peace.” He went on: “These elements do not want Iranian Americans to have an independent voice in the United States and they certainly don’t want an effective Iranian-American voice that stands in the way of their dreams of war.” Parsi claimed that the MEF-led conspiracy “spent several million dollars to silence the voice of Iranian Americans, starting with NIAC,” and that the funds came “from people like Sheldon Adelson.”
Mr. Parsi’s letter consists of fabrications,
distortions and lies:
• The Middle East Forum does not, and has never sought “to destroy NIAC and silence the Iranian- American voice for peace.” Quite the contrary, its Legal Project came to the defense of Seid Hassan Daioleslam, editor of the Iranian American Forum and a brave Iranian-American opponent
of the regime in Tehran only after NIAC sued him. The Legal Project preserves rights of free expression, specifically the right in the West freely to discuss Islam, Islamism, terrorism, and related topics. It does not deal with foreign policy." RRD: I have several contacts in the Iranian dissident community they include Iranian Christians,Monarchists,Socialists,Capitalists,liberals & Communists & they all: 1. Oppose the U.S. going to war with their country.
2. Are not "neo-conservatives" ( a term that has lost all meaning) 3. And would be undecided as to whether they should laugh or scream at NIAC's description of itself as being " a independent voice" of Iranians or Iranian Americans. Quite the contrary,in the dissident community they are widely regarded as Tehran's frontmen in the U.S. Indeed the only thing that I can think of that is as absurd is when the MEK ( a weird "Marxist-Islamist" terrorist cult) refers to themselves as "the resistance" in Iran. I do not know the details of this particular controversy so I cannot comment,but thanks for the laugh NIAC!
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