September 11, 2012

Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

The Pro Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI) is vehemently opposed to a petition that is spearheaded by the Iranian regime known apologists, anti-Semitic charlatans Eleanor and Ardeshir Ommani disguised as anti-war, woman rights and peace and justice activists, who clearly advocate for favorable policies towards the criminal regime.

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August 27, 2012

The Honorable Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Chairman of the Oversight and Investigation Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
101 Main Street, Suite 380
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

The Honorable Congressman Dana Rohrabacher,

The Iranian-American community is appalled to hear that a person of your stature as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations would entertain the absurd notion of separating Azerbaijan from our beloved motherland Iran, simply because of a phone conversation with an ill-educated member of the ruling party of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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August 17, 2012

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PDMI Letter to the Honorable Congresswoman Barbara Lee

The Honorable Congresswoman Barbara Lee,

The Pro-Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI) expresses grave concern regarding your newly introduced legislation (H.R. 4173) aimed at initiating bilateral U.S. Iran talks.

While we appreciate your attention to issues related to Iran and the U.S. Foreign Policy towards Iran, it might the Congresswoman to know that for over three decades, various governments have used dialogue and diplomacy with the regime in Iran to no avail, starting with the administration of President Jimmy Carter, who did everything possible to assure their new regime of American friendship and failed miserably. Since that time, the more world governments have tried to engage the regime’s leaders, the more belligerent, emboldened and abusive they have become. This has not been limited to the killings of American soldiers, their communication with the outside world but extended to the repression of their own people, as we are all aware.

The Islamic regime’s apologists such as Trita Parsi of NIAC deceptively portray the Islamic government in Iran as a pragmatic and rational entity. They suggest that dialogue and diplomacy are the best way to deal with Iran. They have blamed the regime’s blatant human rights violations, which has recently exceeded China’s as the worst in the world, on U.S. pressure and ridiculously claimed that recognition of the IRI would improve the human rights violations in Iran.

The ruling theocracy is draconian and dangerous. It is a very real and imminent threat not just to our national security but also to world stability. Dialogue and diplomacy with a regime that has rapes its own citizens and has united with the Syrian dictator and massacred more than 8,500 brave pro democracy Syrians is an insult to those who have lost their lives.

Currently, the Middle East is in crisis. Pro-democracy forces are springing up daily to demand basic human rights and better living conditions. It is about time that countries such as the United States publicly align themselves with the democracy seeking people who have suffered brutally at the hands of dictators and tyrants. It is time to give honor, dignity, moral imperatives and ethical values precedence over lucrative financial contracts that often occur, wrongly, at the expense of ordinary citizens’ lives.

By supporting pro-democracy Iranian opposition groups, the world community not only can avert a regional and potentially global catastrophe, it will help establish democratic systems of government in the region. If Syrians and Iranians are successful in shaking off the yoke of theocracy and dictatorships, their success could herald the failure of political and militant Islam. Helping Iran become a democracy is not only is a moral imperative, but should be considered an essential foreign policy priority that will bring a more sustainable and lasting peace to the Middle East.

The Iranian-American community, Iranians and friends of Iran strongly support Senator Kirk’s amendment to the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, to impose crippling sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran which is the primary bankroller of the IRI’s global terror network, its nuclear program and other illicit activities. The amendment provides the President with a waiver authority for humanitarian exception for the Iranian-American community allowing us to send food, medicine and medical supplies to the Iranian people.

We respectfully urge the honorable Congresswoman to allow Senator Kirks Amendment which was signed by an unprecedented 100-0 senate vote to take effect in June, unhindered.

Respectfully,
Dr. Arash Irandoost, Founder
Pro-Democracy Movement of Iran
www.pdmi.org

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PDMI Letter to Alaska World Affair Council on Trita Parsi Speaking Event

We, the undersigned, express grave concern regarding the Alaska World Affairs Council’s hosting of Trita Parsi to speak on “The Obama Administration’s Iran Policy.” While we appreciate the Council’s efforts to promote greater understanding of world issues by organizing various events, the Iranian- American community considers Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) an intellectually dishonest regime apologist and lobbyist that serves as the mouth piece for the mullahs. Parsi contributes to the regime’s agenda and serves the interests of those in power in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

For over three decades, various governments have used dialogue and diplomacy with the regime in Iran to no avail, starting with the administration of President Jimmy Carter, who did everything possible to assure their new regime of American friendship and in the process failed miserably. Since that time, the more world governments have tried to engage the regime’s leaders, the more belligerent, emboldened and abusive the regime has become. This has not been limited to their communication with the outside world but extended to the repression of their own people, as documented by Amnesty International.

Much of what drives Iranian politics and decision-making is a hatred of the West. The Iranian regime demonizes the U.S. as the ‘Great Satan,’ repeatedly and forcefully denies the Holocaust, pledges to wipe Israel off the map and threatens to overthrow or dominate America’s Persian Gulf allies. Moreover, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stated his belief that the mission of Iran is to prepare the way for the imminent return of the ‘Hidden Imam’ messiah, whose reemergence will be preceded by a period of chaos and war. Nuclear weapons would give Iran the ability to realize this radical vision.

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PDMI Iranian-Americans Public Opinion Survey

This Survey is commissioned by the Pro Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI). Dear Iranian-Americans, The Pro Democracy Movement of Iran (PDMI) is conducting an online survey to gather attitudinal and demographic information about the Iranian American community. This is an anonymous survey and personal information will not be shared with others. This survey is designed to better understand the Iranian-American community for the purpose of education, information and having its views and opinions heard in a scientific and accurate manner. We appreciate your time and cooperation, in advance.

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Iran’s sham democracy
Published: Saturday, June 18, 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/opinion/17iht-ediran.html

Friday’s presidential election in Iran was an affront to true democracy, just as the past record of Ali Akhbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, all along the leading candidate, is an affront to true moderation. As President George W. Bush rightly noted, the voting was effectively rigged in advance by the council of unelected clerics that decided who would and who wouldn’t be allowed to run. And this is for a presidency, remember, that has no power to do anything the unelected clerical establishment does not want done, as amply shown by the frustrating eight-year tenure of the departing incumbent, Mohammad Khatami.

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Court Docs: Iranian-American Lobbying Group NIAC Defrauded Feds, Lied to Congressmen, Paid for Congressional Testimony, and Arranged Secret US/Iran Meetings
Pamela Geller has just published this revealing and important message from the Iranian-American human rights activist Arash Irandoost:

Dear Friend,

حرف بس است. متحد شویم. عمل کنیم

It is time to act.

Court documents released as a result of a lawsuit filed by NIAC against Hassan Dai paint a very disturbing picture of Trita Parsi and the NIAC. They range from defrauding the federal government, lying to members of Congress, arranging secret meetings between the US and the criminal regime, to recent revelation that Trita Parsi paid Anne Singleton to provide testimony to U.S. Congress. NIAC has lied about its membership numbers. It claimed once that it had 33,000 members and now court documents reveal that it has less than 500 members and is not even willing to disclose them, we think the number to be even lower. As a 501 c3 tax exempt organization, NIAC refuses to disclose its audit and tax reports. Many credible news organizations have expressed concern about NIAC’s activities. NIAC has falsely claimed that it represents Iranian Americans. While it is shunned from the Iranian-American community and does not even answer questions raised by the Iranian-Americans, a constituency he purports to represent. Have you asked why?

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December 12, 2011

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC. 20500

Re: Imposing Sanctions against Islamic Republic Central Bank and oil exports

Dear Mr. President,

We, the undersigned, are a diverse but united group of pro-democracy Americans and Iranian-Americans expressing our astonishment and anger in the strongest terms regarding your continued misguided policies toward Iran and your administration’s opposition and refusal to placing of meaningful sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

We are appalled to hear yet again your administration continues to appease the Islamic Republic, a regime designated by the United States State Department as a “state sponsor of terrorism” and has now surpassed China on the issue of human rights violations. The Iranian mullahs routinely use torture, whipping, rape, stoning, hangings and mass executions have been well documented by Amnesty International and other human rights organizations.

The recent amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act authored by Senators Robert Menendez and Mark Kirk had an unprecedented support as demonstrated by the unanimous approval (100-0) in the Senate requiring sanctions on financial institutions that do business with the Central Bank of Iran. Next to oil, that finances the IRI’s terrorist activities, the Central Bank is the financial nerve center of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the entity directly responsible for regime’s proliferation procurement efforts.

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PDMI Letter to Mayor Jimmy Delshad
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 19:54
By Dr. Arash Irandoost 7.12.2011

City of Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, California

Dear Mayor Delshad,

I’m writing to you on behalf of all Iranians who are desirous of secular democracy for Iran and are of the firm conviction that the current regime in Iran cannot be reformed and regime change is the only option for our motherland.

We applaud your decision on the cancellation of your AIC event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel hosted by The AIC’s president, Mr. Houshang Amirahmadi with established ties to the criminal regime in Iran. Mr. Amirahmadi is an Iranian regime insider and close associate of its president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. While Mr. Amirahmadi claims to aim for a sustainable dialogue between the United States and Iran, his unofficial objective has been to create a lobby web to further the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran and safeguard regime’s survival.

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The Honorable Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520

November 2, 2011

Dear Secretary Clinton,

We, the undersigned, express grave concern over your remarks during a recent interview at VOA. After watching the interview and hearing many of your statements, we felt it necessary to write and express our disappointment.

Madam Secretary, you rightfully stated that the Iranian regime is a “dictatorship” and warned that the Islamic Republic in Iran is moving towards a “military dictatorship.” We also appreciate your empathy regarding the strengths and resilience of the Iranian people which is currently controlled by an oppressive regime and share your views regarding the Quds Force and the Islamic Republic’s nuclear weapon’s program. However, we believe this administration’s appeasement policies toward Iran and its own doubletalk have in large measure contributed to the current situation in Iran.

Madam Secretary, the Iranian community is puzzled as to why such a high-ranking United States official would want to pursue dialogue and diplomacy with a regime that is regarded by you and others as a “state sponsor of terrorism” and as a dictatorship?”

Madam Secretary, the Iranian community is confused about the message you were trying to convey. We were certainly hoping that unlike President Obama during his first New Year’s message who offered his hand and received a clenched fist, or remained alarmingly silent while Iranians were butchered by Basij, Hezbollah and Hamas thugs as suggested by so-called Green leaders, you would not commit the same error.

Madam Secretary, the Iranian community is well aware that the Islamic Republic has infiltrated many sensitive US institutions and that they are hard at work disguising the regime’s crimes and advocating for favorable policies toward it. Their harmful impact and influence was clearly evident throughout the interview.

Madam Secretary, the United States should not apologize to the Iranian regime. If the United States is to apologize to anyone, it should be to the Iranian people and the suffering brought onto them because of misguided policies of the United States beginning with President Carter. May we remind you that Iranians are banned from visiting Dr. Mossadegh’s village and his resting place. Former President Rafsanjani’s book on Dr. Mossadegh is a banned book in Iran. That is how much respect mullahs have for Dr. Mossadegh, who is considered a national hero by many Iranians. If an apology is needed, it is owed to Iranian Nationalists, not the mullahs.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Open Letter to General Wesley Clark reagrding NIAC and Trita Parsi
May 17, 2011

Dear Honorable General Wesley Clark,

It was a pleasure meeting you at UCLA conference on “Can Iran Come In from the Cold” last Friday, May 13th. Please take a moment to review this letter and the attached NED Report.

On behalf of the Iranian-American community, we would like to express our sincerest gratitude and thanks for your interest and attention to issues related to Iran.

In a defamation lawsuit brought against Mr. Hassan Dai an Iranian-American prominent political researcher, journalist and Human Rights advocate , who asserted in 2007 that NIAC was lobbying for Iran, a series of NIAC’s less public work has come to light through e-mails, documents, board of directors meeting minutes and strategy memos that were made public as part of the discovery process that clearly shows NIAC has been advocating for policies favorable to the Islamic (non)Republic government in Iran.

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Letter to Honorable Ros-Lehtinen and Berman Regarding Trita Parsi’s Participation in the UCLA’s Burkle Center Conference
Dear Friends, we are very pleased to announce that the Honorable Berman and Ambassador Burns have excused themselves and wisely decided not to attend the upcoming ““Can Iran Come In from the Cold?” event.

We continue to demand that the Burkle Center disinvite Mr. Trita Parsi and/or include other alternative opposition voices at this and future conferences for a fair and wholesome intellectual debate on Iran.

Monopolization of the discussion by regime’s known apologists hoping to put a human face and sugarcoat the atrocities of a criminal regime that is the most violator of human rights in the world is not in the best interest of the United States, Iranians and Iranian Americans!

Thank you Honorable Berman and Ambassador Burns!

May 9, 2011

Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
and
Hon. Howard L. Berman
Ranking Member, Committee of Foreign Affairs
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Re: Trita Parsi’s participation in the upcoming UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations Conference

Dear Madam Chairman and Mr. Berman:

We, the undersigned, express grave concern regarding Trita Parsi’s participation in the upcoming UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations Conference entitled : “Can Iran Come In from the Cold? Iran and the International Community in the 21st Century.” While we appreciate the Burkle Center and others’ efforts in organizing this conference, the Iranian- American community considers Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) an intellectually dishonest regime apologist. He contributes to the regime’s agenda and serves the interests of those in power in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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