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AMCD Member Monica Blake has Died
August 29, 2021 Monica Maryam Blake passed away peacefully with her husband and friend by her side in San Francisco on August 22, 2021 due to a long battle with congestive heart failure and diabetes. She was born in Tehran, Iran to Mahmoud and Moulok Biklo. After a brief stay in the UK, she arrived in…
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AMCD Meets Elizabeth Kreiselmaier, Candidate for Washington’s 6th District
August 27, 2021 On August 26, 2021, the American Mideast Coalition for Democracy met with Elizabeth Kreiselmaier who is attempting to flip a seat which has been in Democrat hands since 1965 and which spans six counties in Washington state. This is Ms. Kreiselmaier’s second run for this seat. During her first run, in 2020, she…
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AMCD Asks: What Comes Next for Afghanistan and the World?
August 26, 2021 After the Biden Administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan where the fate of up to 1,000 Americans trapped behind enemy lines hangs in the balance, the future of the entire region and even the world is at risk due to the rising tide of jihadism brought on by President Biden’s hasty withdrawal. Once our…
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AMCD meets Amanda Makki, US Congressional Candidate (FL-13)
August 20, 2021 On Thursday, August 19, AMCD held a zoom meeting with Iranian-American Amanda Makki who is running for the Republican nomination in Florida’s 13th Congressional district which includes the city of St. Petersburg. She explained that though this is a traditionally Republican district, the seat has been held by the former Governor, Charlie Crist, since…
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Statement on Afghanistan
by Hossein Khorram (August 1, 2021) On this occasion, the United States played a decisive role in ending the most destructive war in world history, and we owe so much to U.S. Servicemembers who sacrificed so much. Also, today marks the fall of Kabul and surrender of Afghan Government to Taliban, marking an end with no…
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AMCD meets with Derek Chartrand Candidate for Congress (WA-1)
July 21, 2021 Long-time Washington State resident, Derek Chartrand is running for the Republican nomination to defeat Congresswoman Suzan Delbene in Washington’s first district. During the meeting with AMCD on July 8, he was very upbeat about the ability of Republicans to take back the House in 2022. Mr. Chartrand was born in Redmond and went…
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AMCD Blasts Biden Administration for Waiving Sanctions on Iran
July 15, 2021 On the evening of July 13, the State Department issued a waiver to allow Iran access to funds previously frozen by the Trump administration, specifically funds held in banks in Japan and South Korea. The waiver, signed by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, states: “Allowing these funds to be used to repay…
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AMCD Meets with Shahram Homayoun of Channel One
June 26, 2021 On June 24, 2021, AMCD members met with Shahram Homayoun, founder and owner of Channel One which broadcasts into Iran daily via satellite from Los Angeles. He sees the election of the brutal ideologue, Ebrahim Raisi, as part of the effort to maintain the regime and that Raisi may wind up succeeding the…
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AMCD Meets with Joshua Freed, Republican Party Chair for King County, Washington
June 19, 2021 On June 17, 2021, Joshua Freed led a spirited discussion about how Republicans can win in the very blue state of Washington by championing conservative solutions to the state’s many problems. Mr. Freed also ran an unfortunately unsuccessful campaign to unseat Governor Jay Inslee. Mr. Freed emphasized the need to fill vacant Precinct…
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AMCD meets with Tiffany and Scott Smiley
June 10, 2021 Tiffany Smiley is running for the US Senate from the state of Washington hoping to take on Democrat Patty Murray who has held the seat since 2007. She and her husband, Scott, joined AMCD for a zoom discussion on June 8, 2021. Tiffany was working as an emergency room nurse while her husband…
