{"id":2029539,"date":"2023-09-12T16:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/council-on-foreign-relations-under-fire-for-decision-to-host-closed-door-confab-with-iranian-president\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:27:29","slug":"council-on-foreign-relations-under-fire-for-decision-to-host-closed-door-confab-with-iranian-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/council-on-foreign-relations-under-fire-for-decision-to-host-closed-door-confab-with-iranian-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Council on Foreign Relations criticized for hosting secret meeting with Iranian President."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcouncil-on-foreign-relations-under-fire-for-decision-to-host-closed-door-confab-with-iranian-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2029539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Ebrahim Raisi&#8217;s government plotted to assassinate\u2062 U.S. officials<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      \u2063 \u2064  \u200b L: Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi \u200c(Getty \u200bImages\/Anna Moneymaker) R: CFR \u2064president Michael Froman (Getty Images\/Fiona\u200c Goodall)<br \/>\n   \u200d<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Think Tank Under Fire for Hosting Iranian President<\/h3>\n<p>A prominent Washington,\u200b D.C., think tank is facing criticism \u200bfor its decision to host Iran&#8217;s president during his visit\u2064 to\u2063 New York City\u200b for the United Nations&#8217; annual gathering.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dCouncil on Foreign Relations (CFR), one of Washington&#8217;s most\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/council-on-foreign-relations-under-fire-for-decision-to-host-closed-door-confab-with-iranian-president\/\" title=\"Council on Foreign Relations criticized for hosting secret meeting with Iranian President.\">influential foreign \u200cpolicy hubs<\/a>, has scheduled an invitation-only event with Iranian president Ebrahim\u2062 Raisi \u2062next Tuesday. This event was first revealed by a CFR fellow on Twitter. Despite \u200bthe backlash, CFR \u200bhas \u200bnot publicly acknowledged the event or provided details on\u2063 its website.<\/p>\n<p>Former senior \u200dU.S. officials and Iranian dissidents have condemned the \u200cthink tank for\u2063 giving a platform to a regime \u2064mouthpiece involved in plots to assassinate American leaders. Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo, who Raisi&#8217;s government \u2063is targeting for assassination, \u200bcalled the \u200cCFR\u2063 event &#8220;immoral and indecent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo stated, &#8220;Hosting Iranian president \u200cRaisi, \u2063the\u2063 Butcher of Tehran\u2014who\u200b was responsible for the murder\u2064 of\u2062 thousands of\u2064 Iranian \u2063innocents\u2014is immoral and indecent. Not only has he\u2064 terrorized his own\u2063 citizens, but he will also use this platform to\u2063 espouse \u200dhis \u2062continuing efforts to destroy Israel and harm Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CFR event became public \u200cwhen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">senior fellow<\/a> and\u2062 Iranian dissident Roya Hakakian declined\u200d the invitation on X. Hakakian criticized the\u2063 think tank\u2063 for\u2064 providing a \u200bplatform \u2063to a \u2063man implicated in \u200dnumerous crimes, including crimes against humanity. She emphasized the \u2062importance of holding criminals \u200blike Raisi accountable in \u2062a court of law.<\/p>\n<p>Hakakian also highlighted the event&#8217;s insensitivity in \u2064light of \u200cIran&#8217;s brutal treatment of\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-photo-show-a-july-12-protest-in-cuba\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Photo Show A July 12 Protest In Cuba?\">anti-government protesters<\/a> and its disregard\u2063 for \u200chuman rights.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been raised that the\u200c CFR event \u2062with Raisi may violate American anti-terrorism laws, which prohibit interactions with the Iranian government due to its involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions\">global terrorism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One \u2062senior congressional \u2062aide stated, \u2063&#8221;It is straightforwardly illegal \u200cfor Americans to provide \u200chim with funds, goods, or services. I don&#8217;t mean it&#8217;s a sanctions violation.\u200b It is illegal.\u2062 It is \u200bbreaking a law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Washington think tank faces criticism for hosting Iran&#8217;s president during his visit to New York for the UN assembly. 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