TRITA PARSI
Trita Parsi is an Iranian-Swedish-American political scientist, author, and apologist for the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). In 2002, Parsi founded the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), an organization that has long been controversial for its stance on U.S.-Iran diplomacy.
NEGAR MORTAZAVI
Negar Mortazavi is an Iranian-American journalist and political commentator known for her controversial views on U.S.-Iran relations and her perceived alignment with the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) narrative.
ALI AKBAR MOUSAVI KHOEINI
Ali Akbar Mousavi Khoeini is an Iranian politician, activist, and academic who presents himself as a reformist but has garnered significant controversy for his role in maintaining the Islamic Republic of Iran’s (IRI) power structure, despite promoting reformist rhetoric. Currently based in the U.S.
ALI VAEZ
Ali Vaez is an Iranian-American expert on Iran and Middle Eastern affairs, is an apologist for the Islamic Regime of Iran. He serves as the Iran Project Director and Senior Advisor to the President at the International Crisis Group, an organization that claims to focus on preventing and resolving deadly conflicts
MEHDI FARIDZADEH
Mehdi Faridzadeh’s extensive background in cultural diplomacy and international relations is a tool to further the agenda and propaganda of the Islamic Regime of Iran while operating as a non-registered lobby for the regime’s interests.
MOHAMMAD JAFAR MAHALLATI
Professor Jafar Mahallati of Oberlin College is accused of serving the Iran regime’s interests and acting as unregistered foreign agents of Iran, the world’s most prolific state sponsor of terrorism. Furthermore, Mahallati played a part in covering up or facilitating the Islamic Republic’s crimes against humanity.
SEYED HOSSEIN MOUSAVIAN
Seyed Hossein Mousavian of Princeton is accused of serving the Iran regime’s interests and acting as unregistered foreign agents of Iran, the world’s most prolific state sponsor of terrorism. Furthermore, Mousavian played a role in covering up or facilitating the Islamic Republic’s crimes against humanity.
SHIRIN SAEIDI
Shirin Saeidi is an Iran-born political scientist immigrated to us in 1989 whose record of fieldwork in the Islamic Republic, public interventions, and recent advocacy have led many Iranian dissidents to view her as an apologist and soft-power asset for the Islamic regime.
SINA AZODI
Dr. Sina Azodi is the Director of the Master’s Program in Middle East Studies (MES) at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he is frequently presented in Western media as an expert on Iran. His public commentary and institutional role have become the focus of growing concern among scholars, journalists, human rights advocates, and Iranian civil society, who argue that his analyses consistently echo and normalize key narratives of the Islamic Republic.
