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==Membership== | ==Membership== | ||
The acting director of the Iranian Directorate is not publicly known but has been reported to be military officer Ladan Archin.<ref name="Asia Times Online">{{cite news|title=Neo-cons take spin to US-backed airwaves|date=June 26, 2007|publisher=[[Asia Times Online]]|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IF26Ak06.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628201543/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IF26Ak06.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=June 28, 2007|access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref> Some other members are former OSP director, [[Abram Shulsky]], [[Project for the New American Century]] member [[Reuel Marc Gerecht]], and [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] analyst, [[John Trigilio]].<ref name="rawstoryiraniandir" /><ref name="latimesiraniandir">{{cite news|first=Laura|last=Rozen|title=U.S. Moves to Weaken Iran|date=May 19, 2006 | work= | The acting director of the Iranian Directorate is not publicly known but has been reported to be military officer Ladan Archin.<ref name="Asia Times Online">{{cite news|title=Neo-cons take spin to US-backed airwaves|date=June 26, 2007|publisher=[[Asia Times Online]]|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IF26Ak06.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628201543/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IF26Ak06.html|url-status=unfit|archive-date=June 28, 2007|access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref> Some other members are former OSP director, [[Abram Shulsky]], [[Project for the New American Century]] member [[Reuel Marc Gerecht]], and [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] analyst, [[John Trigilio]].<ref name="rawstoryiraniandir" /><ref name="latimesiraniandir">{{cite news|first=Laura|last=Rozen|title=U.S. Moves to Weaken Iran|date=May 19, 2006 | work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1038875801.html?dids=1038875801:1038875801&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+19%2C+2006&author=Laura+Rozen&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.29&desc=The+World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204612/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/1038875801.html?dids=1038875801:1038875801&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+19,+2006&author=Laura+Rozen&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.29&desc=The+World|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2007|access-date=2006-06-17}}</ref> | ||
==Objective== | ==Objective== | ||
The '' | The ''Los Angeles Times'' claimed that the aim of the Iranian Directorate in the Pentagon is to "undercut the government in [[Tehran]]" together with the [[Office of Iranian Affairs]] in the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref name="latimesiraniandir" /> | ||
In September 2006, the McClatchy Newspapers obtained a report drafted by the unit 'charging that U.S. international broadcasts into Iran aren't tough enough on the Islamic regime...It accuses the Voice of America's Persian TV service and Radio Farda, a U.S. government Farsi-language broadcast, of taking a soft line toward Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime and not giving adequate time to government critics.' | In September 2006, the McClatchy Newspapers obtained a report drafted by the unit 'charging that U.S. international broadcasts into Iran aren't tough enough on the Islamic regime...It accuses the Voice of America's Persian TV service and Radio Farda, a U.S. government Farsi-language broadcast, of taking a soft line toward Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime and not giving adequate time to government critics.' | ||