A shocking new revelation from Semafor has implicated a Pentagon official, Dr. Ariane Tabatabai, as part of a covert Iranian communications operation dubbed the “Iran Experts Initiative”. Despite the report, the Pentagon has insisted that Tabatabai was “properly vetted” prior to her security clearance.
The investigation by Semafor focused on emails from Iranian top brass, exposing the initiative’s links to Tehran’s hardline regime. These correspondences allegedly tie Dr. Tabatabai and various “overseas scholars” to Iran’s foreign ministry, suggesting a potential influence over American policies.
Tabatabai wasn’t the only name on the list; others included aides to Robert Malley, a Biden administration envoy to Iran who faced a previous suspension for purportedly mishandling classified information. It remains uncertain if Malley’s earlier issues were connected to the aforementioned influence network.
The State Department’s Matthew Miller deflected concerns by referencing the age of the info, alluding to its near decade-old origin. The Pentagon, on the other hand, hasn’t clarified if they were privy to this alleged connection before the public disclosure.
In a recent CNN appearance, White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, sidestepped inquiries about the validity of these claims, stating they’re “still processing the reports.”
The “Iran Experts Initiative” reportedly had a free pass to Western policymaking, especially evident during the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear deal negotiations. Semafor’s citation of a 2014 email revealed discussions between Iranian dignitaries regarding a select group of influential Iranian-descendants, including Dr. Tabatabai.
With previous allegations by Iranian dissident groups and Republican legislators against Tabatabai in 2021, the administration dismissed them as unfounded and racially biased. Yet, the current expose has reignited these concerns, with numerous Republican leaders demanding an immediate review of Dr. Tabatabai’s clearance.
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Editor, can you tell us why this is shocking?
Why would this be shocking? When we have that treasonous America hating Iran loving DemonRat sitting in the WH, making believe he is our President.
Didn’t this monster just release billions of dollars
for the murderous Mullahs in Iran,
Didn’t he deliberately leave over fifty billion in arms for the murderous Taliban terrorists.
And doesn’t this traitorous enemy of his own country, deliberately open our borders and encourage the invasion of our country by millions of illegal criminals.
In any other normal country, this treasonous monster would be dangling from the gallows.
God have mercy on this once great nation of ours
Iran really has been controlled by the West since the overthrow of Mosaddegh in 1953. The Iranian Revolution in 1978 was staged. It’s a fake Islamic republic, sort of like how another state is a fake Jewish state…
This is no different than Operation Paperclip after WWII, when the CIA/Pentagon took in some top Nazi war criminals to work for them ,in exchange for hanging them, supposedly to spy on and help combat the spread of Soviet communism. That was the beginning of the deep state/shadow government/Military Industrial Complex/unofficial fourth branch of government that can have no oversight from the three branches of government formed under our constitution.