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Pro-Hassan Rouhani Iranian editor defects while covering nuclear talks in Lausanne
Daily Telegraph ^ | 27 March 2015 | Ahmed Vahdat and Richard Spencer

Posted on 03/29/2015 1:21:07 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy

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.
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.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: amirhosseinmotaghi; europeanunion; iran; israel; lausanne; lebanon; nato; nucleartalks; switzerland; waronterror; worldwariii; yemen
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Interesting piece and interstng glimpse of what goes on in Iran, but the meat of the article comes at the very end:

"In his television interview, Mr Mottaghi also gave succour to western critics of the proposed nuclear deal, which has seen the White House pursue a more conciliatory line with Tehran than some of America’s European allies in the negotiating team, comprising the five permanent members of the UN security council and Germany."

"The US 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,” he said."

1 posted on 03/29/2015 1:21:07 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy
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To: SJackson; Nachum; Slings and Arrows; onyx; KC_Lion

Ping!


2 posted on 03/29/2015 1:23:59 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Thank you for posting this. I have no words just now...


3 posted on 03/29/2015 1:28:05 AM PDT by jobim
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To: Cap Huff

A defection right in the of the talks...what do we make of this now.


4 posted on 03/29/2015 2:00:53 AM PDT by Dog (..."I'm just a cook...")
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To: ScaniaBoy

Is this posted right? In other words, OUR negotiating team are mainly speaking on Iran’s behalf? Are we in the Twilight zone?


5 posted on 03/29/2015 2:04:55 AM PDT by nikos1121 ("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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To: ScaniaBoy

“he no longer saw any “sense” in his profession as a journalist as he could only write what he was told.”

Where will American journalists defect to who feel the same way?


6 posted on 03/29/2015 2:09:20 AM PDT by ImNotLying
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To: nikos1121

Yes, it is posted just as it was printed in Daily Telegraph except for the emphasis which is mine.

If the defector is reliable is another question. However, given Zero’s and his administration’s behaviour regarding Israel it seems all too possible.


7 posted on 03/29/2015 2:50:18 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Every member of Congress should read this. By its failure to remove Obama and block funding for Obama’s lawlessness, Congress is complicit in what Obama is doing to the World, also.


8 posted on 03/29/2015 4:00:45 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: nikos1121

9 posted on 03/29/2015 4:04:07 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: ImNotLying; ScaniaBoy

“he no longer saw any “sense” in his profession as a journalist as he could only write what he was told.”

He didn’t just come to this conclusion.
My guess is he planned to defect before ever going.


10 posted on 03/29/2015 4:13:49 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: ImNotLying
You mean reporters like Cheryl Atkinson and James Rosen?

Good point.

It is not by accident that this Iranian sought sanctuary not from the United States who would no doubt have turned him down and send them back to Iran to his death, rather he sought sanctuary in Switzerland.


11 posted on 03/29/2015 4:19:55 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: nuconvert

Think you are right. See my post here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3273404/posts?page=12#12


12 posted on 03/29/2015 4:21:50 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: nathanbedford

Excellent observation.


13 posted on 03/29/2015 4:46:17 AM PDT by Big Giant Head
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To: Big Giant Head

Needs a Bump!


14 posted on 03/29/2015 5:09:04 AM PDT by FR_addict (Boehner needs to go!)
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To: ScaniaBoy
they are not journalists and their main job is to make sure that all the news fed back to Iran goes through their channels.

While other journalists makes sure all the news fed back to the US goes through their channels(Democrat talking points)...

15 posted on 03/29/2015 5:20:16 AM PDT by Son House (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Original Legislative Fraud.)
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To: ScaniaBoy

He’s qualified for a professorship in “journalizm” at any western university.


16 posted on 03/29/2015 6:45:26 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: nikos1121
Are we in the Twilight zone?

Haven't we been for the last 6 years at least?

17 posted on 03/29/2015 6:46:18 AM PDT by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: ScaniaBoy

18 posted on 03/29/2015 6:54:35 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: ScaniaBoy
Once a traitor, always a traitor, so John F Kerry is the perfect SOB to lead this treason.
19 posted on 03/29/2015 8:36:19 AM PDT by onyx (PLEASE SUPPORT FR. Donate Monthly or Join Club 300! God bless you all.)
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To: nikos1121

We’re living a Tom Clancy novel.


20 posted on 03/29/2015 11:25:29 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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