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Recent disclosures concerning the involvement of individuals identified as “Iran experts,” with affiliations to the clerical regime, within the United States government, have elicited considerable surprise in Washington and beyond. These individuals, one of whom is currently an employee of the Department of Defense, have played a pivotal role in carrying out an influence campaign within U.S. decision-making circles and spreading the Iranian regime\u2019s talking points about different issues, including nuclear talks, sanctions, and the opposition.<\/p>\n
However, it is important to acknowledge that the manipulation of Western strategic decision-making by Iranian agents is not a recent occurrence.<\/p>\n
More than two decades ago, the Iranian regime employed a figure labeled as an Iraqi opposition leader, Ahmad Chalabi, to influence the U.S. intelligence<\/a> community into believing that Iraq, a significant adversary of Iran, possessed weapons of mass destruction. Additionally, other individuals perceived as “Iranian experts” successfully persuaded Washington, as well as Western media, that the Iranian National Liberation Army was harboring Iraq\u2019s cache<\/a> of chemical and biological weapons. The consequences of this extensive intelligence maneuver were highly detrimental, leading to a major strategic miscalculation by the United States that resulted in severe repercussions for Iraq, the broader Middle East, and indeed, the world.<\/p>\n For over three decades, the terrorist regime in Iran has executed a sophisticated agenda to compel the international community to accept the rule of its illegitimate theocracy in Tehran. This agenda has been facilitated through an extensive web of institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), corporations, and even academic departments<\/a> within universities. The regime has actively engaged in the identification, recruitment, and employment of individuals willing to advocate for its interests within the three branches of power in Western nations.<\/p>\n Certain individuals within this network, either influenced by familial connections or driven by material incentives, have successfully attained prominent positions within government bodies, think tanks<\/a>, or media outlets<\/a>. Leveraging their positions and the trust vested in them by the system, they proceed to disseminate information that aligns with the interests of the clerical regime<\/a> in Iran to decision-makers and the public at large.<\/p>\n The biggest lie that the clerical dictatorship managed to seed was the perception it had no viable alternative to its rule. While the recent revelations and exposed individuals represent just a fraction of the extensive network of the regime’s advocates and agents abroad, it remains essential to examine how they have actively contributed to Tehran’s substantial defamation campaign against the Iranian Resistance movement, even though this is merely the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s anything all #Iran<\/a>-ians everywhere, inside and out, agree on (and getting Iranians to agree on anything is mission impossible) is that the #MEK<\/a> is NOT an alternative. <\/p>\n Thanks for your insights Mr Pence. Please don\u2019t bother next time. https:\/\/t.co\/QjfqdgXXDJ<\/a><\/p>\n — Dina Esfandiary (@DEsfandiary) November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n