Posted on 03/29/2015 8:42:18 AM PDT by married21
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,” ... “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. ... One news website claimed he had been forced in to report to the ministry of intelligence weekly, and that he had been tipped off that he might be subject to arrest had he returned to Tehran. Jason Rezalan He is said to have been a friend of Jason Rezaian, the Iranian-American reporter for the Washington Post who has been detained in Tehran, and to have campaigned privately for his release. ... 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.
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If someone already posted this story, I am sorry I didn't find it in my search.
I wonder if Obama will return him to the Ayatollah.
This whole thing is about making Obama’s Mullah Masters more powerful
The word Defector, seems soo cold-war.
This begs the question, “How many countries still DO NOT ALLOW their citizens to leave?”
N. Korea
Cuba
Iran
China?
?
He had better shave his beard, dye his hair, dress western and at all costs avoid Ft. Marcy Park!
This impulse buying will be a disaster
He defected to Switzerland, not the US. Smart move!
Obama IS the 12th Imam... If you want to go pre-islam he is also Xerxes.
While interviewing for jobs I met a mainland Chinese citizen working here. He was in charge of setting up Chinese affiliates. I mentioned it would be foolish to open a production house in China as they had no intellectual property rights and the company would lose its world-wide exclusive right to their patented technology. He smiled and said, “but if you aren’t in China you aren’t a world player.” I wasn’t hired.
I imagine Obama has considered offering him asylum just so he can betray him to the Ayatollahs.
He should fit right in at CNN.
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