(NIAC) (Persian: شورای ملی ایرانیان آمریکا) is a nonprofit, civil society, NGO based in Washington, D.C. and is the largest organization representing people of Iranian Heritage in the United States.

@Dennis Or how about the Seattle shooters from yesterday. One was arrested 21 times, the other was arrested 44 times.

would you like to guess what ethnicity?

@UnrelatedComa
NeoIslamoAnarchoCapitalist.

It's the worldview @McFansy and I started.

I don't care about economics anymore so eh, why not?

No wonder so much crime occurs in cities. Idk There should be a law for maximum number of arrests.

Really, it was more McFansy's thing.

I just kind of glommed on.

If you're found guilty through criminal courts 5 times, that's it. Life in prison. Done

@Dennis black privilege = committing mass amounts of crime and still given a chance.

In 2007, Arizona-based Iranian-American journalist Hassan Daioleslam began publicly asserting that NIAC was lobbying on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In response, Parsi sued him for defamation.

this NIAC organization spent 10 years suing this guy for saying reasonable things

@Dennis btw both those suspects are only 24 years old.

A March 2015 column by Eli Lake in Bloomberg View asserted that the emails showed cooperation between Parsi and the then Iran ambassador to the United Nations and current Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.[18]

>Eli

I don't really care about any of that.

I just support whatever ideology is most oppressive to women at this point.

@@McFansy Omfg. That's so infuriating to hear about. 44 arrests in 24 years.

yeah but theres 52 weeks in a year

so thats like

The police probably knew him by name

@Dennis I doubt he was getting arrested much before 10. AND it was in fucking Seattle.

hundreds of weeks where he wasnt getting arrested

@UnrelatedComa you convinced me, we give him a 45th chance.

Lmao

apparently this NIAC thing has current shit going on

In January 2020, three Republican senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz and Mike Braun claimed that NIAC and its sister organization NIAC Action have violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and they are "amplifying regime propaganda in the United States". They requested the US Attorney-General William Barr to "evaluate whether an investigation of NIAC is warranted for potential FARA violations and to ensure transparency regarding foreign attempts to influence the US political process."[21][22][23]

But as long as he wanted to oppress women, he'd be welcome in the AnarchoCaliphate

so this non profit has been lobbying our politicians on behalf of Iran for like 20 years and a few of them are just now getting around to asking the FBI to look into it...

the individualist rises

wait, our politicians have been lobbied?

is nothing sacred?

@McFansy on behalf of foreign powers, not their constituents

I mean that law is broken all the time, why even have it? It's only used against the enemies of the people in power.

anarcho-tyranny and such

@Unironic Ohio Supremecist is this guy for real?

AIPAC isn't registered, so why should I care about an Iranian non-profit?

what if i told you.... its possible to oppose both

oppose all you want. "It's rules for thee but not for me."

In practicality, AIPAC will never have to register. The only way to level the playing field is no registration for anyone.