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Obama administration hired at Voice of America people with known affiliations with the Islamic Republic of Iran

Jun 1, 2020 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Yet again we see it: the definition of treason is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. How is hiring agents of a regime that commands its citizens to scream “Death to America” not treason?

“Voice of America, or Voice of the ‘Mullahs in Iran’?,” by Jamshid Chalangi, American Thinker, May 28, 2020:

I began working at VOA in Washington, D.C. following three years on the newly established “Radio Farda” (the Persian-language “Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty”) in Prague.  I did not know that my fate as a journalist would be again decided by the people connected to the Islamic regime in Iran, as happened before at “National Iranian Television” — only this time a mile away from the White House and even less from the United States Congress.

At the VOA, I was hopeful that my abilities and years of experience would be directed toward “a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thoughts” in line with the kind of values enshrined in the charter of the organization.  In October 2006 and with the help of other colleagues, I launched a program titled Tafsir Khabar (meaning “News Talk”) that was to have the highest ratings of any Persian-language TV show outside Iran for the next five years.

However, with the advent of the Obama administration and the start of a policy of appeasement toward the Iranian regime, there was a general change of atmosphere at the VOA, and as such, entry into the Persian section for those with known affiliations to the Islamic republic were facilitated.  This approach was justified on the grounds that it would help attain the compromise needed with Iran to secure a nuclear agreement with the “5+1.”

These developments took a disturbing turn when the annual task of assessing News Talk and other programs of VOA Persian was assigned to Mr. Hooman Majd, an official adviser and interpreter of the Iranian president, Ahmadinejad.  The outcome of such an appointment not only resulted in major changes in the outlook of programs broadcast by VOA Persian, but also led to my eventual dismissal from that organization in March 2012.

In its promotion of the policies of the Obama administration in a manner deliberately designed to ingratiate the Islamic Republic, the management at VOA Persian turned a blind eye not just to the stated goals of their charter, but also to the universally shared principles associated with a media, such as television shows trying to retain and further increase their viewership.  As a result, highly popular programs such as News Talk, Roundtable with You, The First Two Days, Parazit, and Ofogh were all replaced by programs that have in comparison proven to be far less popular and with much fewer viewers….

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  1. Walter Sieruk says

    Jun 1, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    The foolishness ,folly and wickedness of Obama might cause all sensible Americans to wonder “Just how irresponsible, treacherous and even treasonous could that former US President Obama actually be ? Some of those Iranian who Obama allowed to become US citizens might be dangerous and deadly jihadist operatives of Iran. What’s more that so called “deal” with Iran is a sick joke at its best and a horrible hoax at its worst.

    This is a very strong reminder that during the summer month of August in the year of 2010 I had attended a lecture in a church about the subject of Islam. The guest speaker was a man who in times past was a Muslim and a Hezbollah member as well as an Iranian citizen. Now he’s Christian and an American citizen. After the lecture, during the question and answer part, he was asked “Is Obama a Muslim?” The speaker replied that “I don’t know if he is a Muslim but his deception is Islamic.” Then he added about Obama “Whenever he talks he sounds just like a Muslim.” Moreover the guest speaker further said about Obama “He is going to hurt this country.” As just keyboarded above that lecture was hold in the year 2010 and since then Obama had ,indeed, hurt America by and through his words , actions , politics and polices .

    • James Lincoln says

      Jun 1, 2020 at 9:01 pm

      Walter Sieruk,

      A very informative post, thank you.

    • katherine says

      Jun 1, 2020 at 10:21 pm

      It is going to take a long time to unravel the treachery of the string of Democratic presidents who facilitated infiltration of the CIA and FBI with red-green agents, which led to the planting of a malevolent foreigner as the US President.

      Trump doesn`t seem to be planning long term either — to begin the grooming of subsequent leaders who are patriotic ( dirty word these days ) and truly dedicated to the Republican values of the Founders.

      If 5-year old tots are allowed to be indoctrinated to hate America why can`t real non-revisionist history be taught in schools. Dump the Qatari-sponsored syllabus. Otherwise to be fair and balanced, you would need syllabus from Tel-Aviv in some states.

    • DazzleMe says

      Jun 3, 2020 at 8:32 pm

      Very good, thank you Walter

  2. gravenimage says

    Jun 1, 2020 at 9:04 pm

    Obama administration hired at Voice of America people with known affiliations with the Islamic Republic of Iran
    ………………

    Just appalling–but who can be surprised?

    I can remember when the Voice of America really was just that.

    In fact, I think that just as VoA was once largely aimed at the Communist world, that today it should be largely aimed at Dar-al-Islam.

    • James Lincoln says

      Jun 2, 2020 at 9:32 am

      Yes, gravenimage, both the Voice of America and the BBC were very different 40 or 50 years ago.

      Now they are both propaganda arms of the left…

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 4, 2020 at 11:49 pm

        Grimly true, James. This is especially appalling with the Voice of America, which used to be such a bulwark against Communism.

  3. holdnoquarter says

    Jun 2, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Very simply put we have been infiltrated and are no longer the United States.When a true enemy of the state can become a congress critter we have lost all bearings.Its beyond treason if thats possible.Why do we allow it, unless we are either stupid, complicit or simply to scared, to do the right thing ,which is remove them?

  4. mortimer says

    Jun 2, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    Obama and the TRAITOR CLASS. The Globalist counter-revolutionaries are using Muslims to destroy Western culture, break up Western societies, their traditions and religion and lower wages while destroying the freedom of expression and aiding the mega-wealthy. This is called fascism.

    Obama was never one of the oligarchs, but he was hired to be front man who would do their bidding.

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