Posted on 03/28/2015 3:22:51 PM PDT by Dave346
An Iranian journalist writing about the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran has defected. In an interview Amir Hossein Motaghi, has some harsh words for his native Iran. He also has a damning indictment of America's role in the nuclear negotiations.
“The U.S. negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran’s behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal," Motaghi told a TV station after just defecting from the Iranian delegation while abroad for the nuclear talks. The P 5 + 1 is made up of United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, France, plus Germany.
The British Telegraph has details of Motaghi's defection:
A close media aide to Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, has sought political asylum in Switzerland after travelling to Lausanne to cover the nuclear talks between Tehran and the West.
“My conscience would not allow me to carry out my profession in this manner any more.” Mr Mottaghi was a journalist and commentator who went on to use social media successfully to promote Mr Rouhani to a youthful audience that overwhelmingly elected him to power.
Amir Hossein Motaghi, who managed public relations for Mr Rouhani during his 2013 election campaign, was said by Iranian news agencies to have quit his job at the Iran Student Correspondents Association (ISCA).
He then appeared on an opposition television channel based in London to say he no longer saw any “sense” in his profession as a journalist as he could only write what he was told.
“There are a number of people attending on the Iranian side at the negotiations who are said to be journalists reporting on the negotiations,” he told Irane Farda television. “But they are not journalists and their main job is to make sure that all the news fed back to Iran goes through their channels.
Would Val have it any other way?
BTTT
Take out the trash, Netenyahu, now.
The enemy, within.
If I didn’t know better, I might think Obama was trying to get Israel and some of our cities nuked.
This is insanity.
I guess I will be waiting a long while before this appears in the American media,
Iran is at War with the US and Iran has blood on its hands.
The EXEMPT US Congress has enabled TREASON, year after
year, time after time, and has blood on its hands.
I think he wants Tel Aviv nuked. If he can get his deal with Iran and we can all find out a little while later that Iran is going full out to nuke up then Tel Aviv gets nuked would we actually know whether Iran did it or Obama did it? Obam would, of course, gravely point at Iran. The Sunni Hussein might just accomplish two goals with an action such as that. I hope Israel has countermeasure sufficient against all possible enemies.
Barry would love to see Israel get nuked.
““There are a number of people attending on the Iranian side at the negotiations who are said to be journalists reporting on the negotiations,” he told Irane Farda television. “But they are not journalists and their main job is to make sure that all the news fed back to Iran goes through their channels.”
Well, duh. Was he born yesterday?
I guess I will be waiting a long while before this appears in the American media,
We already knew, but thanks for defecting.
So Iranian journalism is pretty much like American journalism.
bttt
BTTT
Our president's allegiance is definitely somewhere other than to the United States of America. That is quite obvious.
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