Ali Vaez

Government & Politics

Iran has a hit list of former Trump aides. The U.S. is scrambling to protect them Roughly a dozen national security aides from the Trump White House are feared to be [on] Iran’s hit list. It’s hard to protect them all.

October 11, 2024   

(Politico) U.S. officials are coming to a troubling realization about Iran’s repeated threats to kill Donald Trump and some of his former top generals and national security strategists: Tehran isn’t bluffing — and it isn’t giving up anytime soon. Iran has been […]

Government & Politics

Kamala Harris stonewalls congressional probe into natsec adviser’s ties to Iran influence network 'Such an obvious security risk in your inner circle should have elicited your utmost attention,' Cotton writes

August 15, 2024   

(Free Beacon) Vice President Kamala Harris is stonewalling a congressional inquiry into her national security adviser’s ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched the […]

Government & Politics

Kamala’s natsec adviser probed over ties to Iranian influence network 'The Biden-Harris Administration is no stranger to Iran accommodators, appeasers, and accomplices,' Cotton and Stefanik write

July 31, 2024   

(Free Beacon) Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) launched a probe into Vice President Kamala Harris’s national security adviser over his ties to an Iranian government influence network, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. In a Wednesday […]

Context

Member of Iranian influence network visited Biden White House five times Meetings indicate alleged members of Iranian gov’t group including former Malley colleague Ali Vaez had access to top Biden officials

October 3, 2023   

(Free Beacon) An alleged member of a secret Iranian government influence network visited the Biden White House at least five times for high-level meetings with senior U.S. officials, according to visitor logs. Ali Vaez, an Iran analyst with the International Crisis Group, […]

Government & Politics

Iranian spies have infiltrated the American government, lawmakers warn Leaks constitute 'a significant security breach of U.S. government property by a foreign adversary'

September 27, 2023   

(Free Beacon) The Iranian government has infiltrated the Biden administration and obtained access to sensitive U.S. government information, according to a coalition of Republican lawmakers who are investigating the matter. Iran has repeatedly demonstrated in the past several months that it has […]