Ex-CAIR
Official Again Attacks the U.S. on Iranian TV
by IPT News • May 21, 2015 at
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Former CAIR official Cyrus McGoldrick recently traveled to Iran and
again attacked the United States on Iranian state-controlled Press TV
again, Front Page Magazine reports, citing McGoldrick's own social media posts.
McGoldrick, who served as advocacy director for the Council on
American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) New York office, glorified Iran's confrontational
posture vis-a-vis the West and Gulf states.
"Iran as always continues to be an opponent of ... injustice, an
opponent of imperialism in the region and so it only makes sense ... that
you see these very familiar allies, the same cast of characters, the United
States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and now its regional allies standing against
it [Iran] once again."
McGoldrick, who indicated he has relatives in Iran, specifically praised
the Islamic Republic's active role in the Yemen conflict. A recent United
Nations report confirms that Iran has delivered massive shipments of
weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2009.
Iran claims that current shipments to Yemen are solely for humanitarian
purposes and McGoldrick gladly plays the role of an unofficial Iranian
spokesperson towing party line.
"This is just one more grotesque... example where Iran is being
accused of what their opponents are already doing... Iran is sending
much-needed aid, is being blamed for escalating a conflict which it
certainly did no part in starting...it is very important and I want to put
forward the immense pride that we have in the people who are on that
boat..." McGoldrick said on Iranian TV.
CAIR officials routinely appeared on Press TV to criticize the United States
during McGoldrick's tenure. But CAIR seemed to back away from that activity
as it drew more public attention.
McGoldrick had no hesitancy to lash out at the United States, saying
Yemen's conflict "is about the American hegemony throughout the Muslim
world, throughout the world at whole."
On Thursday, he laughed off Joe Kaufman's article calling attention to
his statements.
Since 2012, McGoldrick has been on Press TV 17 times, mostly to denounce
the United States government, including President Obama, and law
enforcement as evil and heavily biased against Muslims.
In a 2012 interview on Press TV, McGoldrick accused the FBI of using "tremendous resources to
spy on Muslims, to demonize Muslims and to entrap Muslims..."
His affinity with the Iranian regime is extensive. In August 2012, he promoted an "al-Quds Day" rally in New York,
featuring vehement anti-Israel rhetoric at the Iranian-inspired event.
Iranian Ayatollah Khomeini created Quds Day, a commemorative day used by
subsequent Iranian leaders to call for Israel's destruction and publicly
delegitimize the West.
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