Amir Taheri
Amir Taheri is an Iranian-American right-wing commentator. He is represented by the Benador Associates. His targets have included Edward Said, Noam Chomsky and the film Syriana. More recently he was engaged in a black propaganda hoax to smear Iran.
Yellow Badges
Taheri was the fabricator of a hoax meant to smear Iran, namely that it sought to force Iranian Jews to wear "yellow badges". The story was spread by Benador Associates, through Canada's National Post, obtaining confirmation by Rabbi Cooper at the Wiesenthal Center. Once the hoax had been published several major zionist lobbying groups emailed "alerts" on the issue, e.g., AIPAC sent out an "alert e-mail blast to reporters hours after the story appeared".
External Links
- Larry Cohler-Esses, Bunkum From Benador, The Nation, July 3, 2006
- Jim Lobe, Iran Target of Apparent Disinformation Ploy, Inter Press Service, May 22, 2006
- Larry Cohler-Esses, 'YELLOW' JOURNALISM!!, The Jewish Week, 25 May 2006.
- Amir Taheri, “Where American Self Loathing Meets Arab Conspiracy Theories”, Asharq Alawsat, January 6, 2006
