CASMII Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention In Iran

http://www.campaigniran.org/casmii/

CASMII was founded by Abbas Edalat in England in 2005 and its US branch in 2006

CASMII was created to bridge the Iranian regime with the left part of American peace movement.

CASMII is the “left” and “anti-Imperialist” version of NIAC.

CASMII and NIAC has worked closely together but each organization has specific role. NIAC tries to position itself at the center

A simple look at CASMII’s website leaves no doubt about their unconditional support to the Iranian regime. See:

CASMII’s talking point on Iran’s nuclear program:

Fact Sheets of Iran-US Standoff

CASMII asks Iranian regime to“sue Israel and US in World Court”

CASMII’s mission (by its president, Abbas Edalat)1: Systematically respond to biased and distorted articles in the media against Iran, 2: to mobilize opposition in the Iraq anti-war movement against any attack on Iran, and finally, 3: to lobby representatives in the US congress and the Senate against the war drive on Iran."

CASMII & Iranian regime’sHuman rightshttp://www.zcommunications.org/opposing-theocratic-repression-in-iran-or-playing-into-hands-of-us-warmongers-by-casmii

Feb. 2008 Hassan Daioleslam

CASMII criticized a peace organization because it had condemned human rights violations in Iran:“Your petition caves into US propaganda by devoting more space in its text to condemnation of the Iranian regime, which is to a large extent based on fallacies, inaccuracies and exaggeration. As citizens or residents of western countries, our essential duty is to oppose the aggressive and imperial policies of our own elected governments which we face and can impact rather than present a misleading and condescending picture of the internal situation in Iran and promote our version of "democracy" for a country with a different culture than ours. Rather than joining the bias Western media and condemning Iran for human rights violations… The war crimes and the gross violations of human rights committed by the coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, the human rights issues in Israel, and the Arab client states of the United Sates, as well as the violations of the U.S. Constitution, international renditions, Guantanamo Bay, and torture, will remain our main area of public focus.”

CASMII’s president in US: Rostam Pourzal

Pourzal and the Iranian women Defending regime’s repression

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2006/pourzal180606.html

Feb. 2008 Hassan Daioleslam

Rostam Pourzal on Women in Iran:

". If, for example, equal rights for women are actually not as popular in Iran as we wish, we would be better off facing the facts and asking what we are doing wrong, instead of inventing excuses or blaming the messenger. I was stunned during arecent visit to Iran to find that President Ahmadinejad is quite popular among women from all walks of life.”

Defending Ahmadinejad

Feb. 2008 Hassan Daioleslam

Abbas Edalat’s background

• Since 1999, He has been active as the president of Science and Arts foundation that he founded in Tehran.

• Edalat worked with trita Parsi in 2001 to the create a lobby group in US. See: Conference call Parsi with Abbas Edalat, ….)

• He founded CASMII in 2005 in England and in 2006 the CASMII in US

• Edalat (SAF’s president and future CASMII president) collaborated with Trita Parsi in 2001 to create a lobby group in Washington. The goal was to remove sanctions against Iran

• Document 1: Conference call Parsi with Abbas Edalat, ….)

• Document 2: Minutes of the Conference call

SAF chapter in US, founded in 1999

SAF’s biggest donor was the IT company

Centelium Communicationsled by Faraj Alaei.

He was a board member of AIC

an advocacy group led by H. Amirahmadi. AIC

tried to remove sanctions on Iran.

Trita Parsi was AIC’s director in 2001.

In 2000, Abbas Edalat participated in lobby efforts in US to remove sanctions against Iran

CASMII and NIAC

• Edalat collaborated with Trita Parsi in 2001 to create a lobby group in Washington. The goal was to remove sanctions against Iran

• Document 1: Conference call Parsi with Abbas Edalat, ….)

• Document 2: Minutes of the Conference call

IIC (1997-2002)lobby group created by Parsi

Trita Parsi

Alex Patico

Babak talebi

Daniel Pourkessali

Mohammad Navab

Dokoi Fassihian

Javad Fakherzadeh

Shahram Mostarshed

Mohammad Ala

NIAC 2002Created by Parsi

Trita Parsi

Alex Patico

Babak talebi

Daniel Pourkessali

Mohammad Navab

Dokoi Fassihian

CASMII 2006Created by Edalat

Alex Patico

Daniel Pourkessali

Mohammad Navab

Javad Fakherzadeh

Shahram Mostarshed

Mohammad Ala

Board members from 3 consecutive organizations

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Alex Patico, the #2 and co-founder of NIAC and CASMII

Feb. 2008 Hassan Daioleslam

Shot taken from CASMII website in 2007

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Alex Patico posted as a board member

CASMII’s president in US: Rostam Pourzal

Pourzal was a NIAC member

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Public collaborations between sister organizations NIAC and CASMII

Babak Talebi, NIAC co-founderhttp://www.iranian.com/main/albums/good-people-good-work

Baquer Namazi from Tehran talks about CASMII-NIAC relation and collaboration to recruit the peace movement

and create a “pressure group” in US

Two very good Iranian groups are working hard (NIAC) National Iranian American Council and the London based (CASMII) Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention against Iran. The latter had a hand in the Washington ad you shared with me.

They are both also working closely together. This is really great and we know the heads of both, close friends. Trita Parsa NIAC and Abbas Edalat CASMI. Their team work and cooperation should be emulated by all of us.

Attached please findAn article from Dokhi Fassihian, former Ex. Dir. of NIAC on How Iranian Americans can

block attack on Iran. Dr. Abbas Edalat has also written a wonderful article on the threat.some important websites on major organizations and movement involved in the anti war

campaign. Once we get our act together we should try and link up to NIAC. Parker and I know Dr.

Trita Parsa.Hossein is a good friend of Dr. Edalat. I know him too. Both these gentlemen are

accomplished scholars, well known and respected in Iranian and international circles. Our American friends, especially yourself and Parker and Geri can help link us up with US

based peace movements. Just imagine if we can work out a grand coalition for peace or the Network of Peace Networks, what a great ethical and humanitarian force, what a formidable pressure group.

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