The Iranian American community has no illusions about NIAC and Trita Parsi as the lobbyists of the Iranian mullahs.
As an Iranian American woman, I am disgusted with the policies of Parsi and his organization advocating appeasement of the vicious mullahs ruling my homeland.
I am glad that finally someone is standing up to him. He should be investigated for supporting the regime of murder and terror.
He is very suspicious and the U.S. government/ Justice department must look into his activities as they did with the Alavi foundation.

They are all baseless accusations by the same sort of groups who advocate bombing Iran and/or sanctions.

They are one of the few groups in Washington who are working to prevent a US war with Iran. Now this is neither in America's interest, nor in Iran's. As an Iranian America you should know that. Unless of course you belong to one of these Iranian exile groups who work overtime to start another regional war.

Vert interesting that Trita Parsi and NIAC has used every unethical smearing campaign they could possibly use, and now they cry wolf? Shame on you Trita. Shame on you NIAC.

How come your defener outlets do not even bother to ask Hassan Dai for an opposing view? Such opportunities are to be only offered by "neo-con" , "war monger" , "right wing" "terrorists"?

Vert interesting that Trita Parsi and NIAC has used every unethical smearing campaign they could possibly use, and now they cry wolf? Shame on you Trita. Shame on you NIAC.

How come your defener outlets do not even bother to ask Hassan Dai for an opposing view? Such opportunities are to be only offered by "neo-con" , "war monger" , "right wing" "terrorists"?

Mr. Parsi,

How do your NIAC members feel (all 500 of them) that you have told them all along that you are the big big bigest organization ever. This is truthfulness lobbyist style?

Iran does indeed have a lobby in Washington: It is the terrrorist cult of the MEK, also known as the NCRI or PMOI or MKO, which was responsible for assassinating Americans, murdering Iranians, supporting the takeover of the US embassy, and siding with Saddam during the Iran Iraq War. It is included on the same State Department terrorist list as Al Qaeda and Hezbollah, and yet it manages to continue to function in Washington because it is championed by certain American NeoCons. Way back in 1993, Senator McCain warned American legislators that the MEK is no friend of the USA. The NeoCons are ignoring this. Trita Parsi's accusers are the same bunch.
See McCain's warnings: http://tinyurl.com/y8p7cnx

The Iran lobby functioning in the US is the terrorist group MKO which is supported by the NeoCons although it is on the State Department terrorism list. NIAC's accusers are tied to the same Neocons and MKO terrroists. cfr.org/publication/9158/

Per Eli Lake's linked article, it's a stretch to say that NIAC violated FARA or even LDA for that matter. If they receive no money from a foreign principal, they don't have to register. Domestic support (a la AIPAC, or J-Street) doesn't count to make a group a 'foreign lobby'.

Oh, the Washington Times! Such a credible source.

For NIAC response to the Washington times and other neocon outlets, see:

http://www.niacouncil.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1551&Itemid=59

Well let us assume that all fingers pointing at Trita Parsi, as a spy for Islamic republic, are evil ones and wrong.
As an Iranian I know the Islamic regime. They are very subversive. They plan for their moves in phases. And they are merciless when they have the overhand and they have a lot of money.
They differentiated themselves from other fractions of the opposition to the Shah by the trust they had in lobby.
The history of this goes back into the time of constitution revolution in Iran 1905 when Islamic opposition to that sought support at the Tsars court thanks to a tiny lobby they had. But they failed.
Back in the cold war days USSR backed the communist party of Iran. The Islamic movement sought back up in Egypt 1963 pointless and failed.
It was only in 1971 when they started lobby acting on US soil for real. This time a great success. Google on the name of MR Ibrahim Yazdi as the father of Islamic lobby in US.
That was the beginning of an era of clash of ambitions in my country way over the head of laymen. USSR made some influences and partly provoked the hostage taking of US personal in Tehran1980. Since then the Islamic Republic invested astronomic amount of money in regrouping and reconstruction of its lobby on US soil. In fact not just one but a meshwork of structures with vast levels and missions.
The lobby they had between 1971-1980 was made of students with clear Islamic agenda. But they turned their backs to the regime when they grasped the reality of the monster they helped to release from the Pandora box.
The reinvestment surged 1996. With clear inspiration from the Israeli lobbies and encouraged by the experience of Kuwait in making US react fiercely against Saddam in gulf war. So there is a strong meshwork of lobbies working for them. You defend Trita Parsi. Cool. But do not deny the existence of such. The real falsifiers would be those who deny the whole concept

If not!
I suggest those who could, would save themselves.
This lobby Is like Titanic and would go down.
Many innocent young iranians are now used and manipulated and trapped.

Parents save your children and their futures!!
They can have a future apart from Islamic Republic of terror