A statement by Hassan Daioleslam

July 25, 2007

After the publication of my report on NIAC, Mr. Trita Parsi and NIAC have reacted hysterically. NIACπs allegations have suggested that I am a member of MEK. As a proof of their allegation, they argued that one of my Persian articles appeared on the MEK's website. Note that my numerous articles on the Iranian lobby including NIAC have been published by major Farsi websites with a broad spectrum of political beliefs. This by no means suggests I am affiliated to any of them.   

The nature of my political activities and believes are independent of a well-documented report that stands on its own merit. However, as NIAC is starting such disinformation campaign to create a smoke screen hiding its disguised relations with mullahs, I wish to share with the readers of my articles, a short history of my political and biographical past. I have never been in MEK or worked with MEK. I have family members with various political affiliations, some of them I have not seen for decades. It is ridiculous to draw conclusions based on such family connections.

Needless to say that I will not take NIAC's intimidation and disinformation campaign lightly and I will proceed with appropriate legal measures.

Short Biography of Hassan Daioleslam

I was born in 1957 in Tehran, Iran to a middle class family. I finished my primary and high school education in Tehran and entered Tehran Polytechnic University in 1974 to study Civil Engineering. As a student I was a political activist before and after the 1979 revolution. 

At the dawn of Khomeini's total repression and mass arrests and executions in 1981, I left the country and settled in France. In the 1980s and early 1990s, I was politically active in the liberal movements. While not a member, I worked with the "Freedom Movement of Iran" (Nehzat-e- Azadi-e- Iran). During the 1990's my activities in Europe were focused on the Human Rights and advocating the political prisoners in Iran.  In 2001, I moved to the United States and focused on Iran's political analysis and research.

In the past two years, I have been collaborating with two independent Iranian journalists inside the country focusing on the Iranian Regime's lobby in US. The outcome of this work has been largely published by major Farsi websites. I have recently started to release them in English as well.