Iranian Opposition Group spends millions of $$$ on US Politicians to be removed from the State Dept. terrorists list.
Program date:
Fri, 08/12/2011
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Huffington Post,
Christian Science Monitor are reporting that an Iranian opposition group, Mujahedin Khalgh Organization of Iran (aka MKO, MEK, PMOI, NCRI,...) has spent millions of dollars booking American and European politicians to support their campaign to reverse European Union and State Department's decision to list them as a foreign terrorist organization.
Voices of the Middle East's Goudarz Eghtedari interviews Jamal Abdi, policy director with National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and Dr. Evan Siegel, NJ City University about MKO and its campaign over the years against Shah's regime and now the Islamic Republic and its evolution from a marxist Islamist organization to now aligning with neo-cons in the US.
Evan Siegel received his PhD in Mathematics from the CUNY
Graduate Center in 2000, his MSc in Mathematics from New York
University, and his BSc in Mathematics from MIT. He is currently an
Associate Professor of Mathematics at New Jersey City University. In
addition to his interest in Mathematics, Siegel's interest in the
history of the Middle East
and his numerous publications and conferences have established him as a
prominent expert of the field in the academic circles. Siegel does
research in sources in Persian, French, Arabic, Turkish, Russian,
German, and Georgian.
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Jamal Abdi joined the National Iranian American Council as Policy
Director in November 2009, directing NIAC’s efforts to monitor policies
and legislation, and to educate and advocate on behalf of the
Iranian-American community.
Abdi joined NIAC’s team following his work in the US Congress as
Policy Advisor to Representative Brian Baird (D-WA). As one of a small
number of Iranian Americans working on the Hill, he served as a
Congressional advisor, liaison, and expert on foreign affairs,
immigration, and defense. Prior to coming to DC, Abdi worked in his
home state of Washington as a field organizer for national Congressional
elections, coordinating and establishing grassroots campaign efforts in
Seattle and Bellevue.
