{"id":236842,"date":"2021-03-26T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=236842"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:02:00","slug":"irans-lobbies-and-their-influence-campaign-in-u-s-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/irans-lobbies-and-their-influence-campaign-in-u-s-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran’s Lobbies and Their Influence Campaign in U.S. and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been more than two months since legal proceedings began in the U.S. for Kaveh Loftolah Afrasiabi, the Massachusetts political scientist who spent more than a decade presenting himself to lawmakers and media outlets as an independent analyst on Iranian affairs before coming under suspicion of violating<\/a> the Foreign Assets Registration Act. Although he is now facing the possibility of substantial prison time and financial penalties, Afrasiabi’s case represents a much larger phenomenon that has yet to receive proper attention from those individuals and institutions that are the targets of Iranian influence campaigns.<\/p>\n

Unless this situation changes, other established figures in those campaigns will surely continue to operate more or less freely in the United States and Europe. And although their efforts will not always be successful, their continued presence in Washington lobbies and Western media will no doubt muddy the waters of Iran policy and make it harder for lawmakers to draw conclusions based on an objective understanding of Iranian affairs, free from the clerical regime’s influence.<\/p>\n

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Arrested Iranian agent Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi in U.S. is the tip of the iceberg<\/div><\/div>
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