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  • [Who is the "analyst" CNN quotes 6.15.25? Islamic Republic] 'Tehran’s Best Friend in Washington' [Trita Parsi]

    06/15/2025 9:10:31 PM PDT · by Words Matter
    CAMERA ^ | November 24, 2015 | Sean Durns
    ("an analyst told CNN." CNN, June 15, 2025 https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-iran-strikes-news-06-15-25) _______ CAMERA Special Report: The National Iranian American Council; Tehran’s Best Friend in Washington. By: Sean Durns November 24, 2015. [...] Parsi’s dissertation on Israeli-Iranian relations served as the basis for his book Treacherous Alliance (2008, Yale University Press). Parsi is a resident alien, with Swedish and Iranian passports, not an American citizen, although he runs an organization that claims to represent Iranian-Americans... Upon coming to the United States in 2001, Parsi worked as a managing director for Hooshang Amirhadmadi of the American Iranian Council (AIC) while completing graduate study. Parsi...
  • Iranian Filmmaker Shunned for Visiting Israel

    07/17/2013 3:44:33 PM PDT · by Slings and Arrows
    Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News ^ | 7/17/13 | Alexander Abad-Santos
    Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of Iran's most famous directors, has committed one of that nation's gravest sins: he visited Israel. And now, there's a movement in the country to not only voice "deep dismay" with Makhmalbaf's actions but also pretend he doesn't exist by eliminating any trace of his legacy from the country's film museum.