Are Pahlavists Advancing Russia’s Agenda in America?
By Dr. Reza Parchizadeh Pahlavists, the far-right fanatics that are seemingly keen to revive the fallen Pahlavi autocracy by taking advantage of the popular anti-regime revolution in Iran, exploit Russian divisive tactics in an attempt to sabotage the credibility of Iranian liberal democracy activists in the United States. In what looks like a systematic smear campaign out of the Kremlin’s playbook, the Pahlavists resort to all sorts of McCarthy-style dirty tricks to character-assassinate their democratic political opponents and likely future rivals as “communists.” The aim of this campaign is seemingly to highlight the Pahlavists on the DC stage by investing in the “anti-communist unity” of the United States and the …
