A senior Pentagon official who earlier worked for Robert Malley, the State Department’s special envoy to Iran who had his security clearance suspended earlier this year, is alleged to have been part of a soft-power influence operation created and managed by officials in Tehran.
On Tuesday, senior lawmakers on Capitol Hill sent Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin a letter demanding answers about Ariane Tabatabai’s employment with the Department of Defense and her relationship with the Iranian regime.
Ms. Tabatabai was prominently featured in an investigation published Tuesday by the Semafor news website that linked her to the “Iran Experts Initiative” — an effort created by Iran’s Foreign Ministry to improve Tehran’s image abroad, particularly regarding the country’s suspect nuclear program. Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, said he found the reports of an alleged Iranian influence operation “indescribably troubling.”
Without mentioning Ms. Tabatabai by name, he added, “The one current U.S. government official I did see mentioned in that story has written critically of Iran on a number of occasions before joining the government and underwent a thorough background investigation to obtain a security clearance before joining the State Department.”
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