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> IHR is CIA-backed Can you provide us with any evidence of that?
by lurk2 9mo ago
> IHR is CIA-backed
Can you provide us with any evidence of that?
- thisislife2 9mo agoAccording to this right-leaning source (Revealed: The CIA-Backed NGOs Fueling the Iran Protests - https://ronpaulinstitute.org/revealed-the-cia-backed-ngos-fueling-the-iran-protests/ https://ronpaulinstitute.org/revealed-the-cia-backed-ngos-fu...): Most of the human rights organisation in Iran, cited heavily by western media, are backed by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which some countries (and some right-wing political organisations) believe is used by the CIA (if not funded and a front for it). Human Rights Activists in Iran is based in Fairfax, Virginia (where the CIA HQ is). (Apparently, they've received up to a million dollars in funding from the NED). The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABCHRI) has also been associated with the NED. The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) is also based in New York City and Washington, D.C, and also funded by the NED (according to the Chinese).
- derelicta 9mo agoThey are right to ask for a source. I should provide them more often, if possible with statements coming straight out of the horse's mouth. These days, our politicians are so cocky they tend to announce to the whole world their conspiracies.
- bluecheese452 9mo agoAccording to their website NED is based in washington dc. The CIA hq is not in fairfax, it is in Langley. Even if they were in the same city that is an incredibly weak argument. Custom ink (the shirt company) is also in fairfax. Are they a cia front too?
- shevy-java 9mo agoEither way the question has to be: a) HOW was the data acquired? b) WHO obtained the data?
- egberts1 9mo agoAsk @DataRepublican on X, she compiles and posts these NED traces ... on X.
- MSFT_Edging 9mo agoLangley is part of Fairfax County. Much of northern Virginia is unincorporated Census Designated Places within counties. Additionally, a large portion of NGOs are based in Fairfax county due to the proximity to DC. The NRA headquarters is in Fairfax, and Maria Butina lived down the road from the NRA headquarters. A fun game to play is following the source. For instance, when events in Xiajiang were getting nonstop coverage, nearly every article that came out would cite either the adrian zenz paper or an NGO's article, which would cite the paper. Sometimes you'd have to go a few NGO layers deep. I repeated this experiment a few dozen times, about half would lead to an office park in Fairfax County. One time it was an Australian NGO that had the US DoD as a sponsor. There is an entire industry around intelligence laundering and consent manufacturing.
- timnetworks 9mo agoFairfax is pretty close, about 30 miles or 3-4 hours driving.
- MSFT_Edging 9mo agowhat?
- mikkupikku 9mo agoDC metro traffic is hell!
- MSFT_Edging 9mo agoAh, the 30 miles threw me off.
- mikkupikku 9mo ago3 hours for 30 miles is probaby an error, or an exaggeration, but knowing the traffic on the Maryland side of that metro area, it really is quite bad..
- derelicta 9mo agoThe NED is a CIA-cut out says the New York Times: "The National Endowment for Democracy, created 15 years ago to do in the open what the Central Intelligence Agency has done surreptitiously for decades"[1]. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20161118042417/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/31/us/political-meddling-by-outsiders-not-new-for-us.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161118042417/https://www.nytim...
- sophrosyne42 9mo ago1. That is simply an onlooker's opinion. 2. It provides no evidence that Iran Int'l is CIA backed. If you're going to provide another link to a random journalist making assertions without evidence, save the trouble as it will be just as noncredible
- kakacik 9mo agoThis is in line with decades of behavior of cia et al on all fronts in all parts of the world.