Talk:Amir Taheri

message: I want to thank Ursasapien for his cooperation. As for Tirip: He has profound knowledge about the Shia and especially the Alevi groups. It is not my job to reveal his idenitity and I think it is against the Wikipedia's rules. One more thing is that you wrote that Taheri calls the Alawite -led Syrian Government a Sunni entity. Again very wrong. Alawite/ Alawi, Alevi, Alevit etc... are Shia, however Syria is a predominantly Sunni country.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 10:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to quote Taheri.  I did not mean to imply that the Alawite were Sunni, only that (according to Taheri) divisions within Islam are unimportant to those that wish to advance an anti-Western/anti-U.S. agenda.  He wrote specifically, "The Syrian regime is Iran's closest ally, despite the fact that Iranian mullahs regard the Alawite minority that dominates it as heretics or worse."  Ursasapien (talk) 10:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I know that these are Amir Taheri's words, but also this shows his level of intelligence. Not my job to criticize him by the way. Alawites/ Alevits are Shiites. Moreover I think you should have not deleted that part about Iran being mortal enemy to taliban. IRI like any other governments pursues its interest and might chose alliances with others. But one thing is for sure that Sunnis are hostile to Shias. This is obvious everywhere, in Iran, in Afghanistan, in Lebanon and notably in Iraq. So this article might seem jost another minor blunder of his,in the light of other blunders of Amir Taheri. His level of intelligence is yet an issue that does not help him.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 11:23, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The sentence I removed did not make sense in English.  It did not say, "Iran is the mortal enemy of the Taliban" (although I still think you would need a source for that statement).  It said, "The Taliban, Al Qaeda's ally, and are mortal enemies."  This does not make sense.  Ursasapien (talk) 11:33, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

text:  Maybe the sentence was grammatically not correct, but it did day that Taliban and Alqaeda are Iran's mortal enemies.--Babakexorramdin (talk) 11:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  thank you for your cooperation 

message: I have removed this section because I didn't understand how the claim was controversial. It just gave a history of some conflicts and said one group labelled as Sunni was Shia - or some such. Much of it seemed irrelevant. Perhaps if someone wants to have the subject discussed they could identify better what exactly the problem was? Getting Sunni and Shia wrong is hardly a point of controversy that warrants mention here. John Smith's (talk) 18:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Sunni-Shiite terror network 3 

message: After perusing BLP, my understanding is that the article as a whole has to be "balanced" and it would seem that one relatively minor incident, the Iranian sumptuary law, and one hit piece from The Nation magazine should comprise nearly 2/3rds of the article. Pecker Checker (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Concur, this is a hatchet job of remarkable dimension. --tickle me 01:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
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message: Such drivel.  Probably the most erudite Iranian expatriate writing today.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.226.6 (talk) 04:09, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amir Taheri--a 'Conspiracy Theorist' 

message: So basically according to this section, this guy is definitely a fraud, but at the same time his worthless testimony has been used to discredit Seymour Hersh, shame on! 2607:FEA8:1C20:6E:8186:896A:D44E:72C3 (talk) 05:03, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  About controversy 

message: "Taheri's PR agent Eliana Benador defended his story. "Benador explained that, when it comes to Iran, accuracy is 'a luxury...As much as being accurate is important, in the end it's important to side with what's right. What's wrong is siding with the terrorists.'"[2]"
According to this quote in the article, Taheri's agent totally lacks moral compass, embarrassing! 2607:FEA8:1C20:6E:8186:896A:D44E:72C3 (talk) 05:09, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  About controversy