(Free Beacon) At least three one-time advisers to suspended Biden administration Iran envoy Robert Malley were part of an Iranian Foreign Ministry plot to influence U.S. policy, according to a Tuesday Semafor report based on leaked Foreign Ministry emails.
Pentagon official Ariane Tabatabai, think-tank adviser Dina Esfandiary, and Malley protégé Ali Vaez were part of the Islamist government’s Iran Experts Initiative (IEI), a scheme to recruit experts who would “bolster Tehran’s image and positions on global security issues,” according to the report.
As part of the IEI, Tabatabai, whom Iranian dissidents pinpointed last year as a pro-regime advocate, “on at least two occasions checked in with Iran’s Foreign Ministry before attending policy events,” including a congressional hearing, Semafor reported.
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