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On this page:
- Daniel Greenfield's article detailing how US Senators, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, and even president Obama, have taken money from lobbyists from Iran - an enemy of the United States.
- The scandalous Iran-Kerry connection.
- Names of some of the Senators beneficiaries of money from Iran.
- Names of individuals and organizations lobbying for Iran and donating money to top US government officials.
- Links to articles exposing the pervasive money influence from Muslim countries on US officials.
US Senators took money from Iran lobby,
now they back Iran nukes
By Daniel Greenfield
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| US SENATE - FOR SALE |
- Aiding an enemy state in developing nuclear weapons is the worst form of treason imaginable. Helping put weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists is the gravest of crimes.
- It’s an unprecedented track record that has received very little notice. While the so-called “Israel Lobby” is constantly scrutinized, the fact that key foreign policy positions under Obama are controlled by political figures with troubling ties to an enemy of this country has gone mostly unreported by the mainstream media.
| ED MARKEY |
Senator Ed Markey has announced his support for the Iran deal that will let the
terrorist regime inspect its own Parchin nuclear weapons research site, conduct
uranium enrichment, build advanced centrifuges, buy ballistic missiles, fund
terrorism and have a near zero breakout time to a nuclear bomb. There was no surprise there.
| AL FRANKEN |
Markey had topped the list of candidates supported by the Iran Lobby. And the
Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC) had maxed out its
contributions to his campaign.
After more fake suspense, Al Franken, another IAPAC backed politician who also benefited from Iran Lobby money, came out for the nuke sellout.
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After more fake suspense, Al Franken, another IAPAC backed politician who also benefited from Iran Lobby money, came out for the nuke sellout.
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| JEANNE SHAHEEN |
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the Iran Lobby’s third Dem senator, didn’t bother
playing coy like her colleagues.
She came out for the deal a while back even
though she only got half the IAPAC cash that Franken and Markey received.
| KRISTEN GILLIBRAND |
As did Senator Kristen Gillibrand, who had benefited from IAPAC money back when she
first ran for senator and whose position on the deal should have come as no
surprise.
The Iran Lobby had even tried, and failed, to turn Arizona Republican Jeff Flake. Iran Lobby cash had made the White House count on him as the Republican who would flip, but Flake came out against the deal. The Iran Lobby invested a good deal of time and money into Schumer, but that effort also failed.
Still these donations were only the tip of the Iran Lobby iceberg.
Gillibrand had also picked up money from the Iran Lobby’s Hassan Nemazee.
The Iran Lobby had even tried, and failed, to turn Arizona Republican Jeff Flake. Iran Lobby cash had made the White House count on him as the Republican who would flip, but Flake came out against the deal. The Iran Lobby invested a good deal of time and money into Schumer, but that effort also failed.
Still these donations were only the tip of the Iran Lobby iceberg.
Gillibrand had also picked up money from the Iran Lobby’s Hassan Nemazee.
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| HASSAN NEMAZEE |
Namazee was Hillary’s national campaign finance director who had raised a fortune for both her and Kerry before pleading guilty to a fraud scheme encompassing hundreds of millions of dollars. Nemazee had been an IAPAC trustee and had helped set up the organization.
Bill Clinton had nominated Hassan Nemazee as the US ambassador to Argentina
when he had only been a citizen for two years. A spoilsport Senate didn’t allow
Clinton to make a member of the Iran Lobby into a US ambassador, but Nemazee
remained a steady presence on the Dem fundraising circuit.
| BARBARA BOXER |
Nemazee had donated to Gillibrand and had also kicked in money to help the
Franken Recount Fund scour all the cemeteries for freshly dead votes, as well as
to Barbara Boxer, who also came out for the Iran nuke deal. Boxer had also
received money more directly from IAPAC.
In the House, the Democratic recipients of IAPAC money came out for the deal.
Mike Honda, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Iran Lobby backed the nuke
sellout. As did Andre Carson, Gerry Connolly, Donna Edwards and Jackie Speier.
The Iran Lobby was certainly getting its money’s worth.
Joe Biden and John Kerry were paid in advance
| JOE BIDEN |
But the Iran Lobby’s biggest wins weren’t Markey or Shaheen. The real victory
had come long before when two of their biggest politicians, Joe Biden and John
Kerry, had moved into prime positions in the administration.
Not only IAPAC, but
key Iran Lobby figures had been major donors to both men.
That list includes Housang Amirahmadi, the founder of the American Iranian Council, who had spoken of a campaign to “conquer Obama’s heart and mind” and had described himself as “the Iranian lobby in the United States.”
That list includes Housang Amirahmadi, the founder of the American Iranian Council, who had spoken of a campaign to “conquer Obama’s heart and mind” and had described himself as “the Iranian lobby in the United States.”
It includes
the Iranian Muslim Association of North America (IMAN) board members who had
fundraised for Biden. And it includes the aforementioned Hassan Nemazee.
A member of Iran’s opposition had accused Biden’s campaigns of being “financed by Islamic charities of the Iranian regime based in California and by the Silicon Iran network.”
A member of Iran’s opposition had accused Biden’s campaigns of being “financed by Islamic charities of the Iranian regime based in California and by the Silicon Iran network.”
Biden’s affinity for the terrorist regime in Tehran
was so extreme that after 9/11 he had suggested, “Seems to me this would be a
good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran”. Appeasement inflation has since raised that $200 million to at least $50
billion. But there are still no strings worth mentioning attached to the big
check.
| JOHN KERRY |
Questions about donations from the Iran Lobby had haunted Kerry’s campaign. Back then Kerry had been accused of supporting an agreement favorable to Iran.
The parameters of that controversial proposal however were less generous than
the one that Obama and Kerry are trying to sell now.
The hypothetical debates over the influence of the Iran Lobby have come to a very real conclusion. Both of Obama’s secretaries of state were involved in Iran Lobby cash controversies, as was his vice president and his former secretary of defense.
The hypothetical debates over the influence of the Iran Lobby have come to a very real conclusion. Both of Obama’s secretaries of state were involved in Iran Lobby cash controversies, as was his vice president and his former secretary of defense.
Obama was also the beneficiary of sizable donations from the Iran Lobby. Akbar
Ghahary, the former co-founder of IAPAC, had donated and raised some $50,000 for
Obama.
With its cover up the mainstream media becomes complicit with this major threat to the United States
With its cover up the mainstream media becomes complicit with this major threat to the United States
It’s an unprecedented track record that has received very little notice.
While the so-called “Israel Lobby” is constantly scrutinized, the fact that key
foreign policy positions under Obama are controlled by political figures with
troubling ties to an enemy of this country has gone mostly unreported by the
mainstream media.
This culture of silence allowed the Iran Lobby to get away with taking out a full-page ad in the New York Times before the Netanyahu speech asking, “Will Congress side with our President or a Foreign Leader?”
Iran’s stooges had taken a break from lobbying for ballistic missiles to play American patriots.
This culture of silence allowed the Iran Lobby to get away with taking out a full-page ad in the New York Times before the Netanyahu speech asking, “Will Congress side with our President or a Foreign Leader?”
Iran’s stooges had taken a break from lobbying for ballistic missiles to play American patriots.
Obama and his allies, Iranian and domestic, have accused opponents of his
dirty Iran deal of making “common cause” with that same terror regime and of
treason. The ugly truth is that he and his political accomplices were the
traitors all along.
Democrats in favor of a deal that will let a terrorist regime go nuclear have
taken money from lobbies for that regime.
They have broken their oath by taking
bribes from a regime whose leaders chant, “Death to America”.
Their pretense of examining the deal is nothing more than a hollow charade. This deal has come down from Iran Lobby influenced politicians like Kerry and is being waved through by members of Congress who have taken money from the Iran Lobby. That is treason plain and simple.
Despite what we are told about its “moderate” leaders, Iran considers itself to be in a state of war with us. Iran and its agents have repeatedly carried out attacks against American soldiers, abducted and tortured to death American officials and have even engaged in attacks on American naval vessels.
Aiding an enemy state in developing nuclear weapons is the worst form of treason imaginable. Helping put weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists is the gravest of crimes. The Democrats who have approved this deal are turning their party into a party of atom bomb spies.
Those politicians who have taken money from the Iran Lobby and are signing off on a deal that will let Iran go nuclear have engaged in the worst form of treason and committed the gravest of crimes. They must know that they will be held accountable. That when Iran detonates its first bomb, their names will be on it.
Their pretense of examining the deal is nothing more than a hollow charade. This deal has come down from Iran Lobby influenced politicians like Kerry and is being waved through by members of Congress who have taken money from the Iran Lobby. That is treason plain and simple.
Despite what we are told about its “moderate” leaders, Iran considers itself to be in a state of war with us. Iran and its agents have repeatedly carried out attacks against American soldiers, abducted and tortured to death American officials and have even engaged in attacks on American naval vessels.
Aiding an enemy state in developing nuclear weapons is the worst form of treason imaginable. Helping put weapons of mass destruction in the hands of terrorists is the gravest of crimes. The Democrats who have approved this deal are turning their party into a party of atom bomb spies.
Those politicians who have taken money from the Iran Lobby and are signing off on a deal that will let Iran go nuclear have engaged in the worst form of treason and committed the gravest of crimes. They must know that they will be held accountable. That when Iran detonates its first bomb, their names will be on it.
About the Author: Daniel Greenfield is an Israeli born
blogger and columnist, and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom
Center. His work covers American, European and Israeli politics as well as the
War on Terror. His writing can be found at http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/
These opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Jewish Press.
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/traitor-senators-took-money-from-iran-lobby-back-iran-nukes/2015/08/26/
Article originally appeared on Frontpage Magazine
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/259895/traitor-senators-took-money-iran-lobby-back-iran-daniel-greenfield
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- His top fundraiser was Iranian-American multimillionaire Hassan Nemazee, who also became chief fundraiser for Hillary Clinton
- Nemazee was accused of being an Iranian government agent
- He is now in federal prison for bank fraud.
Key points on this March 2015 article:
- Multimillionare Hassan Nemazee served as campaign chief fundraiser for John Kerry. and then for Hillary Clinton.
- Nemazee advocated for a resumption of normal diplomatic relations with Iran.
- John Kerry, in his keynote address to the American Iranian Council, lamented President Bush’s inclusion of Iran in his “Axis of Evil”.
- John Kerry advocated for providing nuclear fuel to Iran during his 2004 presidential campaign, while Bush was in favor of sanctions against Iran (let's not forget that the Bush family was closely linked to the Sunni Saudis, traditional adversaries of Shia Iran).
- Investigative journalist Ken Timmerman said Iran, by funneling campaign contributions to Kerry-Edwards, was “seeking from Mr. Kerry a series of concessions that would allow them to become a nuclear weapons power.”
- Nemazee’s history with Democratic Party politics stretches back to the Clinton administration, when Bill Clinton nominated him for an ambassadorial post.
- President Clinton, with mediation from former president Jimmy Carter, provided nuclear fuel to North Korea (a friend of Iran), according to a deal that NK promptly violated.
- Nemazee was accused by an Iranian dissident of being an agent for the Iranian government.
- He was eventually charged with fraud and is now serving sentence in a federal prison.
Other separate news items included on this post:
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- Update: John Kerry's daughter is married to an Iranian American, and John Kerry has had a long, close and friendly relationship with his Iranian counterpart at the Switzerland nuclear talks. Link to this article at bottom of the page.
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2015/03/john-kerry-advocated-for-giving-iran.html
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The Kerry / Iran Connection: An Overview
various | October 19, 2004 | Interesting Times
This is an overview of the emerging campaign finance scandal involving the Kerry campaign and lobbyists for the terror-supporting regime in Iran.
At the center of the controversy is one Hassan Nemazee, listed as a Vice-Chair by the Kerry campaign, and identified by CBS News as having raised more than $500,000 for the campaign.
Nemazee has served on the Board of the American Iranian Council, the Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), and the Asia Society, all of which favor negotiations with the mullahs' regime and eventual normalization of relations with Iran.
A group of Iranian-Americans formed the Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran (SMCCDI) in 1997 to oppose the radical Islamic regime. Last year they wrote an open letter calling on Senator Edward Kennedy to disassociate himself with the then-newly-formed Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC), which they described as a "lobby group for a terrorist regime."
The letter, signed by SMCCDI coordinator Aryo B. Pirouznia, described Hassan Nemazee as a "discredited and well-known individual who's seeking to legitimize the tyrannical Islamic Republic regime," and stated that "Nemazee's agenda and ultimate goal has been the promotion and support of relations with it."
The characterization of Nemazee as "discredited" seems to stem from some extremely dubious business dealings outlined in a 1999 Forbes Magazine article titled Warning Flags. Nemazee, then a Clinton Administration appointee for the position of U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, withdrew his name from consideration for that post shortly after the Forbes article was published.
Nemazee filed suit against the SMCCDI and Aryo Pirouznia, alleging defamation of character and denying the charge that he was an agent of the Iranian regime who was promoting that regime's interests in the U.S. The SMCCDI responded with a counter-suit against Nemazee.
In the first presidential debate on September 30, 2004, Senator Kerry said:
"With respect to Iran, the British, French, and Germans were the ones who initiated an effort without the United States, regrettably, to begin to try to move to curb the nuclear possibilities in Iran. I believe we could have done better. I think the United States should have offered the opportunity to provide the nuclear fuel, test them, see whether or not they were actually looking for it for peaceful purposes. If they weren't willing to work a deal, then we could have put sanctions together."
Marc Morano of CNS news summarized the state of affairs on October 12 in Top Kerry Donor Faces Allegations About Iranian Propaganda.
On October 14, Aryo Pirouznia and his representatives held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, at which they accused Nemazee and the Kerry campaign of trying to delay answering questions about his influence on the Kerry campaign until after the election.
Aryo Pirouznia introduced himself as the coordinator of an organization "focused on freedom in my homeland." Attorney Bob Jenevein explained that neither Nemazee nor the Kerry campaign had responded to repeated requests for information. Dr. Jerry Corsi, co-author of the #1 best-seller "Unfit for Command" announced that he is working with Aryo B. Pirouznia on a new a book, Atomic Islam.
He excoriated Kerry for offering nuclear fuel to Iran, noting that "the State Department has classified the Islamic regime in Tehran and the most avid state-sponsor of terrorism in the world today." Insight Magazine reporter and author Kenneth Timmerman charged that the Kerry campaign had violated the law by taking contributions from Susan Akbarpour, a pro-regime fund-raised who was neither a citizen nor possessed a green card at that time. A complete transcript of the press conference can be found here.
In Just naive, or breathtakingly stupid? Dr. Jerome Corsi noted that Kerry supports all three goals of the regime's lobbyists: 1) to normalize diplomatic and economic relations, 2) to include Iran in the World Trade Organization, and 3) to give Iran access to nuclear fuel.
Kenneth Timmerman expanded on his press conference remarks on Kerry's support for the regime's agenda in Kerry's Iran Scandal.
Jeff Gannon of Talon News weighed in the next day with Kerry Taking Campaign Contributions From Pro-Iranian Group.
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Nemazee was formally deposed on October 18th, saying, remarkably, that normalizing relations with Iran would be a mistake, that Iran should not be trusted with nuclear materials, and that he favors regime change -- see Kerry Iranian fund-raiser repudiates him on Tehran.
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