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INVITATION: Conference
call briefing with Iranian American author Hassan Daioleslam, Lawfare
Project Director Brooke Goldstein, and Legal Project Director Sam Nunberg
on Daioleslam's recent victory against National Iranian American Council
(NIAC)
April 30, 2013
12:00 PM ET
Conference dial-in number: (805) 399-1200
Participant access code: 108325
Goldstein will conduct a Q&A after the briefing. Questions
can be emailed before or during the call with subject heading "HASSAN
DAI" to:
Questions will be answered in the order received and as time
permits.
Background:
On Tuesday, April 9, in a major victory against lawfare
proponents, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the
National Iranian American Council (NIAC) and its president, Trita Parsi, to
pay $183,480.09 to Iranian American Hassan Daioleslam, editor of the
website "In Search of Truth: Reports on Mullahs's lobby
in US." This
follows years of litigation, beginning in 2008 when NIAC and Parsi filed a
frivolous libel suit against Daioleslam in response to his reporting of
Parsi's and NIAC's linkages with the Iranian regime, a state sponsor of
terrorism.
In
fall 2012, the court granted summary judgment for Daioleslam, dismissing
the libel suit. Judge John Bates held that the plaintiffs failed to adduce
evidence that Daioleslam "actually harbored any doubts about the
correctness of his writings, or willfully blinded himself to the
truth," such that their defamation claim must fail. The court also
dismissed the plaintiffs' false light claim due to their failure to
demonstrate that Daioleslam's statements were made with "actual
malice."
Sam Nunberg serves as Director of
The Legal Project, an activity of the Middle East Forum which seeks to
protect the right in the West to freely discuss Islam and Islamist
terrorism. The Legal Project coordinated Mr. Daioleslam's pro bono
representation by Sidley Austin LLP during Brooke Goldstein's tenure as
Director. Sam has worked on this matter since 2011.
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