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Trita Parsi

Trita Parsi is the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy (2017) and president of the National Iranian American Council. (May 2018)

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MEK leader Maryam Rajavi presiding over a rally in memory of the group’s members killed in Iraq in 2013, Tirana, Albania, September 1, 2017

Trump Hawks’ Terror Cult

Given the MEK’s record of terrorism, human rights abuses, and murder of US citizens, one would think that senior American officials like Giuliani, Pompeo, and Bolton wouldn’t go near the MEK, let alone fraternize with its members or take its fees. But when it comes to Iran, the usual rules don’t apply.

July 20, 2018

President Trump announcing the US’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement in front of a portrait of George Washington in the White House, May 8, 2018

Who Ordered Black Cube’s Dirty Tricks?

Congress must investigate not only who commissioned Black Cube’s attempt to discredit me and former Obama officials, but also whether this nefarious operation to undermine the Iran nuclear deal was tied to the White House.

May 9, 2018

A mural on the wall of the former US embassy, Tehran, 2015

Trump & Iran's Hard-liners

When Iran is solidly adhering to the nuclear accord, as the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified eight times since January 2016, yet Trump still wants to kill the deal, then the problem doesn’t lie in Tehran. It lies in Washington.

October 10, 2017

Dealing with the Enemy

October 12, 2017 issue

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