Covert IRGC Influencers Visited White House 10 Times

At least three reported members of a covert Iranian government-controlled influence network visited the Biden White House on numerous occasions for meetings with senior U.S. officials, records show.

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The trio, Dina Esfandiary and Ali Vaez of the global International Crisis Group think tank, plus now-Pentagon official Ariane Tabatabai, was outed through the release of leaked Iranian government emails last year as being linked to a network called the Iran Experts Initiative, a project of Iran’s foreign ministry that helped push Tehran talking points in the United States and Europe.


According to a Washington Examiner review of White House visitor logs, Esfandiary, Vaez, and Tabatabai headed to the White House a combined 10 times between April 2022 and December 2023 — a fact that foreign policy experts, watchdog groups, and congressional sources say shows the Biden administration has granted those with concerning Iran ties apparent access to the halls of power.

Ed Morrissey

And as one expert noted, we still don't know what Robert Malley was up to, either. This goes back to the Obama administration's foreign policy team and goals, which Biden more or less adopted in whole at the start of his presidency. The White House needs a thorough clearing of the current foreign-policy establishment, but that won't happen under Biden. 

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