Iran

FreedomWorks/Tea Party Leader Dick Armey Lobbied for Terrorist Group

by Anne Landman — March 22, 2010 - 3:21pm

Dick ArmeyThe magazine In These Times reports that in his previous position with the lobbying firm DLA Piper, Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey promoted the interests of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, otherwise known as Mujahedeen-

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In These Times, March 21, 2010

Israel Lays the Groundwork for Diplomatic Failure

by Diane Farsetta — April 20, 2009 - 2:17pm

Worried about "increasing international willingness to negotiate with Tehran over its nuclear program," the Israeli government is ramping up its anti-Iranian messaging. Israel has committed 8 million NIS, or around U.S.$2 million, for the campaign.

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Haaretz (Israel), April 20, 2009

It's a Victory if We Say It Is

by Judith Siers-Poisson — November 27, 2008 - 8:37pm

The White House says that the Iraqi Parliament's approval of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is cause for celebration and a sign that we have won the war. White House Press Secretary Dana Perino rejected the idea that the Agreement's stipulation of troop withdrawal in three years is in fact exactly the type of timetable that President Bush has consistently opposed.

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Democracy Now!, November 20, 2008

Iraqi Party Comes to the United States

by Diane Farsetta — October 29, 2008 - 5:13pm

The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq is launching a public campaign in the United States, "to educate and raise awareness of the goals of the leading Shiite political party that opposes Muqtada al-Sadr's group."

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), October 27, 2008

Who's Behind the Council for a Democratic Iran?

by Diane Farsetta — October 29, 2008 - 4:47pm

CMD's Diane Farsetta digs further into the Virginia-based Council for a Democratic Iran (CDI) and its major new contract with the Livingston Group lobbying and PR firm, which Lauri Fitz-Pegado is working on. CDI's founder, Dr.

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WIMN's Voices, October 24, 2008

Same Old Dog and No New Tricks: Update on Messaging on Iran

by Sam Gardiner — June 20, 2008 - 1:28pm
  • Topics: Iran, Issue Management, International, Media, Propaganda, Think Tanks, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • We know from Scott McClellan, the former White House Spokesman, in his recent book, What Happened, that President Bush insists on discipline in messaging. Although the publics on both sides of the Atlantic have gotten to the point of heavily discounting what he says, the President's desire for control can give us a sense of the thrust of policy. This is certainly true with respect to Iran.

    Iran Claims Fly While Media Bombs

    by Diane Farsetta — June 4, 2008 - 1:33pm

    "As they duel over how best to deal with Tehran," Senators John McCain and Barack Obama "are exaggerating what's known about Iran's nuclear program," reports Jonathan Landay. "The U.S. intelligence community ... thinks that Iran halted an effort to build a nuclear warhead in mid-2003, and the U.N.

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    McClatchy Newspapers, June 2, 2008

    Pentagon's Propaganda Documents Go Online, but Will the TV Networks Ever Report this Scandal?

    by John Stauber — May 6, 2008 - 2:53pm
  • Topics: Iran, Iraq, Journalism, Pundits, Terrorism, Third Party Technique, Democracy, Ethics, Lobbying, Media, Politics, Propaganda, U.S. Government, War / Peace

    • Eight thousand pages of documents related to the Pentagon's illegal propaganda campaign, known as the Pentagon military analyst program, are now online for the world to see, although in a format that makes it impossible to easily search them and therefore difficult to read and dissect. This trove includes the documents pried out of the Pentagon by David Barstow and used as the basis for his stunning investigation that appeared in the New York Times on April 20, 2008.

    Deja Vu: NYT, US Propaganda and War with Iran

    by John Stauber — May 5, 2008 - 2:11pm
  • Topics: Iran, Iraq, Terrorism, Third Party Technique, Propaganda, War / Peace

    • Greg Mitchell of Editor and Publisher notes that New York Times military reporter Michael Gordon, "who contributed several false stories about Iraqi WMD in the run-up to the U.S. attack in Iraq," has been writing about Iran's alleged involvement in attacks against U.S. service members in Iraq. Gordon's latest article, "Hezbollah Trains Iraqis in Iran, Officials Say," is "based solely on unnamed sources," notes Mitchell.

    An article from McClatchy's Baghdad bureau also contradicts Gordon's New York Times piece. McClatchy reports that the Iraqi government "seemed to distance itself from U.S. accusations towards Iran." Iraqi government spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh said the government had formed a committee to find "tangible information" about Iranian activities in Iraq, instead of relying on "information based on speculation." Al-Dabbagh also told Agence France-Press that there is no "hard evidence" of Iranian support of insurgents in Iraq.

    Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner has seen this sort of poorly-sourced reporting before in the New York Times as part of the propaganda campaign that led America directly into the disastrous quagmire in Iraq.

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