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Good job NIAC. Don't listen

Good job NIAC. Don't listen to couple of losers. We love your patriotic efforts.

NIAC stands for a lot of

NIAC stands for a lot of values present in a civil society... and i'm so very proud that after a 30-year exodus to these United States, one iranian political group has been able to embrace these values and work from within the system to affect change. Hats off to all the participants and young activists of NIAC and their supporters.

I'm completely allergic to joining ANY iranian political, activist, religious, etc. group. But NIAC is one organization that i had no compunction of joining, and am glad to still be a member.

You hit the nail on the head JJ (Re: "Fred")

YOu are exactly right.

Fred "zerti" shows up and inserts his negative attitude and attacks the author in absolutely any conversation that is anti-war or critical of Israel -- no exceptions.

People like this have already made up their mind, the accusations they so arduously dig up and present are just excuses. Fred and his friends have absolutely no evidence that there is any link between NIAC and IRI, yet they feel justified - like violent minded vigilantes - to attack anybody who does not take their view on faith alone.

Yes, you are right, it is not only "guilty before proving innocent." Actually, that second part will never happen because they will never accept any "proof" of innocense.

These people are classic street vigilantes. Unless you do or say what they want word for word, you will be harrassed, defamed and intimidated. In this case, unless you spend all your time and money talking about "Mullahs are evil" you are on the Mullah payroll: your own goal (be it to prevent war or educate Iranian in American politics) is not important to them. Only their own agenda is important to them.

If one accepts such absurd vigilantism, Fred would easily be "proven" to be a communist, mojahed, or pro-War neocon or successionist just because he never attacks any of these groups. But the thing about such vigilantes is that they are always too good for the standards that they apply to others.

Great Job NIAC as always

Thanks Jahanshah!

Many of us have attended events by NiAC in the past, met their activists, supported their causes or just watched from a distance as to what they do. It was nice of you to drop by and share your thoughts and images to give us all a better perspective as to what their work environment and various people are actually like.

I personally look forward to seeing their work expanding way beyond just lobbying and just DC, and hearing they will finally have some representation in California is certainly good news.

To everyone at NIAC; keep it up!

Thank you NIAC for giving us a voice

Thanks NIAC! Keep up the good work and ignore the negative vibe by MEK traitors.

Thank you NIAC

Thank ou for your hard work and thank you to NIAC fight for Iranian causes.

We need more organization and groups like NIAC.

What a bunch of lies Fred!

Fred,
what a bunch of lies you are spewing! I cant believe that you yourself would believe what you say, so I am left with the impression that you are deliberately throwing out falsehoods. I will not speculate why you are doing this.

1. The paper you are referring to was written in the late 1990s. NIAC was formed in 2002. The paper deals with how Iranian-Americans can become bridge between the two countries. Namazi has noting to do with NIAC.

2. NIAC is suing the MKO people attacking NIAc because they are deliberately lying. It's called defamation. In a democratic society with rule of law, defamation is illegal. Then again, since the MKO is a terrorist organization, they probably don't care too much about things such as laws.

3. Parsi never carried any grand bargain letter to the US from Iran. He was made aware of it since he worked in Congress and according to Steve Clemons, he leaked the proposal to the media in order to avert war. See //www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2007/02/...
If you can read English you will see that the report says that CONGRESSMAN NEY handed the proposal to the White House, not Parsi.

I am writing this post because I am sick and tired of seeing how the worst elements in our community are so relentless in trying to scare our entire community into silence. After 8 years of Bush, i won't permit myself to be scared silent again. Not by Bush, not by Khamenei and not by Rajavi.

Hats off to NIAC and its people

I have watched these dedicated people work and it was really impressive to see how esteemed, credible and respected they are within the U.S Congress, among various Iranian and American civil society groups and within the academic community.

In fact, NIAC is probably one of the very few successful organizations outside Iran that has been able to stick to its mandate and preserve its integrity throughout the years. It is also one of the few organizations that is actually extremely "specialized" in its field of activity and acts with a very high degree of ethics and professionalism.

This is an organization that we should value and encourage in its work. Not only because it has been really successful in promoting American-Iranians' interests within the U.S borders, but also because it has been a very effective actor when it comes to issues that are of national concern for every Iranian around the world. (ie. Their activities against economic sanctions, their efforts to protect Iranian historic antiquities from private seizure in American courts, their human rights campaigns, their activities related to the name of the Persian Gulf, etc.)

NIAC is usually the first organization to react whenever our national interests are at risk. And it is often the only organization to produce good results.

So, hats off to you guys for your dedication and your valuable contributions to Iran and Iranians.

I wonder..........

Do they have any office(s) in Texas? Does anyone know? I accessed the link that JJ provided and was unable to find this information. If they did then Austin would be the most logical choice.

Solh va Doosti (paz a vosotros)

Nadia (AKA)

Nice work NIAC

Thanks JJ for putting some faces to the name NIAC. I was pleased to see how young these people are. No wonder the pro-war, MKO, and neo-cons are ganged up against NIAC. They just don’t get it. Keep up the good work NIAC, we need you to be one of our many voices in DC. We have had enough of the so called LA based ‘opposition’ for the past 25 years with nothing to show. After failing to do anything meaningful, they are blaming NIAC and others for their failure.

Good people indeed!

Perhaps the only effective Iranian organization in the US who does something positive for the Iranian community. Thank you NIAC for all the hard work! Thank you JJ for promoting their struggle.

Beautiful People

Thank you NIAC for being the voice of the voiceless Iranians in the Capitol Hill.

Your efforts and patriotism is greatly appreciated.

We need many more Iranian folks like you, but until you get the collaboration that you deserve please do not give up and do not give in.

Great Organization

I signed up with them a while ago when I read about their views and got to learn more about Dr Parsi and NIAC's patritotic and humanitarian work.

Very impressive bunch, I am proud of them and wish them the best.

Thanks for featuring NIAC it's good to see their smiling faces.

IRANdokht

Okay this is better! atleast we have some faces

behind the secretive organization. I still don,t like you but ...just kidding !!!   JJ it was just a joke...cool off..don,t kick me off :)

Things I like:

The persepolis art work,

bunch of folks who look to enjoy their mission.

Things I still don,t like:

Obama,s face (Yah this opportunist politician is Iran,s saviour)

Bashing Ms Clinton on a tshirt.

Things I hope you accomplish in the future:

Cut Trita.s goat Cheese....okay that was lame..meant his goat beard.

Being more specific & critical on the mullah regime,s consistant ignorance to international law.A one sided constant lashing of US policies smell veryyyyyyyyy bad..be more even handed.

Regards

will gladly apoloize

I am glad that you asked and am appreciative of the fact that this time around my comment was not deleted. According to the original paper by Masers Namazi and Parsi, NIAC is modeled after AIPAC. But unlike AIPAC which does not sue or threaten to sue anyone who rightly or wrongly calls them all the names in the book, NIAC goes after its detractors. Case in point the current suite and the cease and decease letter by the same NIAC attorney send to VOA, forbidding them to invite guests critical of NIAC, which by the way VOA promptly ignored. To answer your particular question, no, by you calling me whatever it does not make me whatever, but by me threatening to sue you for saying that makes one wonder. Also there are legitimate unanswered questions in regards to Mr. Parsi’s relationship with Namazi and his well connected Atieh Bahar groups in Islamist Republic, as there are pending questions about why at the time the young Mr. Parsi was chosen by the Islamist Republic to hand carry the purported grand bargain letter to the American officials. There are additional questions about funding, personal income and travel expenses, for example to Moscow and Amman. To your other question of the surge of publicity, I don’t  include you for the simple reason that I think you have racked up too much painful experience in the decade of ideological selfless service to what we all got to know as the monster of Islamist Regime to easily fall for that type of mirage. But I genuinely believe you are mistaking and should it be that I am the one who is, I will promptly and unequivocally apologize and do my earnest to further their cause should it be proven that they are what you believe them to be. Till then having a voice or two of dissent among a choreographed choir of approval is not as bad as you might think,  at the least it keeps every one on their toes and when the time comes to eat the humble pie, it will taste even sweeter, don’t you think?  

So...

Fred, regarding this defamation suit by NIAC against accusations by Hassan Daeioleslam, if I call you an agent of wherever, does that make you an agent of wherever until proven innocent in court? I thought it was innocent until proven guilty.

By the way, I hope you don't include me in your theory on a "surge" in NIAC publicity. I went there by my own request, no one asked me to profile them and no one told me what or who to photograph. I just like what they do and I want people to know it.

If it turns out that there's some funny business going on, obviously I and many other supporters will change our mind. But until then the people at NIAC have my trust and I wish them the best.

Not so fast

Since NIAC and its head have jointly commenced a defamation lawsuit against an Iranian opposition figure who claims they are Islamist Republic lobbyist, the recent surge of publicities proclaiming their goodness remains to be proven in a court of law post trial that they have initiated.