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May 7, 2018 17 tweets 12 min read Read on X
(1)
It appears the @OrgIAC #2018IranFreedomConvention has raised some eyebrows amongst #Iran apologists.
@ishaantharoor’s recent @WashingtonPost article sheds light on how this convention is making Tehran & the pro-appeasement camp very nervous.
washingtonpost.com/news/worldview…
(2)
@ishaantharoor get’s to the point quickly:
“We have a president who is as committed to regime change as we are," said Rudy Giuliani, describing him as a “Republican Party grandee and President Trump's newly appointed lawyer.”
(3)
On the #IranNuclearDeal, @ishaantharoor claims Trump “looks poised to violate its terms by reimposing certain sanctions on #Iran...”
Reminder: Tehran has been violating the #JCPOA from day one.
See next three tweets:
(4)
#Iran has "violated the deal on many occasions..." through "efforts to avoid verification requirements and exceed the limits of heavy water, another nuclear byproduct. Iran also has run more advanced nuclear centrifuges than permitted..."
freebeacon.com/national-secur…
(5)
"It has twice been revealed that #Iran exceeded the cap on heavy water mandated by the agreement, and has also refused to allow testing of its carbon fiber acquired before the deal was implemented."
thehill.com/opinion/nation…
(6)
"Moreover, it has also been reported that Tehran has found new ways to conduct additional mechanical testing of centrifuges, in clear violation of the JCPOA."
thehill.com/opinion/nation…
(7)
By using the term “apes” about U.S. President Donald Trump, @ishaantharoor sinks to a despicable low even for opinion pieces. Shame.

And yes #Iran is “the greatest menace facing the Middle East.” Just look at the ruins of Syria & Yemen, and its meddling in Iraq & Lebanon.
(8)
@ishaantharoor blows his cover here:
“Dethroning the mullahs would likely involve waging war against Iran...”
This is a claim raised by Iran appeasers to inflict fear among uninformed readers.
#Iran has a legitimate opposition with four decades of experience: @iran_policy
(9)
@ishaantharoor then raises the issue of the main #Iran opposition organization, the MEK (@mojahedineng), and blows his cover (again) by parroting an Iranian regime allegation:
[MEK] "agents have been implicated in the deaths of Americans”
The truth is found in the next tweet.
(10)
On 7 Dec 2011, @LBJunior testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations & Subcommittee on the Middle East & South Asia:
…-republicans-foreignaffairs.house.gov/112/blo120711.…
(11)
Allegations @Ishaantharoor raises about the MEK killing “thousands of Iranians, many stemming from its coordination with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the 1980s amid the war between Baghdad and Tehran” are further hearsay expressed repeatedly by #Iran apologists.
(12)
@Ishaantharoor goes on to say:
“The MEK was once listed as a terrorist group by the State Department…”
Here’s an excerpt from a 1997 LA Times article:
articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/09/ne…
(13)
@Ishaantharoor continues by accusing Giuliani of being paid by the MEK, citing a Politico article written by Daniel Benjamin.
Of course, Benjamin is an Obama-era official & a staunch advocate of opening relations with #Iran.
So, what else would you expect from such a figure.
(14)
@Ishaantharoor cites a @jrezaian article:
In Iran “I never met a person who thought the MEK should, or could, present a viable alternative."
First of all, any “journalist” allowed to remain in #Iran is most certainly cooperating with the regime, or else they’re kicked out.
(15)
Former House speaker Newt Gingrich powerfully debunks @jrezaian’s ridiculous claim:
breitbart.com/big-government…
(16)
@jrezaian then claims the MEK presents “fake intelligence about #Iran’s nuclear program.”

Reminder: The NCRI (MEK being a member of) first “exposed Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and a heavy water facility at Arak” back in 2002.
reuters.com/article/us-nuc…
(17)
@Ishaantharoor finishes by citing Philip Gordon, another Obama-era official fiercely in favor of relations with #Iran.

A final message to Iran apologists:
Iranians don’t need you to shed crocodile tears for them & shame on you for providing a life rope to Tehran’s mullahs.

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1)
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2)
Here's the video.

#Iran
#FakeNews
3)
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