Mr. Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

Iran Phobia and Us Terror Plot: a Legal Deconstruction Mr. Kaveh L. Afrasiabi

This book provides an in-depth examination of the 2011 US allegation of Iran's plot to assassinate the ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Washington. Written by a renowned political scientist, it questions the truthfulness of US allegation and the related criminal complaint, by drawing on US laws as well as insights from the discipline of critical legal studies. This book is bound to shock the readers by providing a new case study of how the US "war on terror" has gone astray by manufacturing fake threats, as part and parcel of a designed Iran phobia. Essential reading for readers of US foreign policy under the Obama administration. Table of Content: Introduction: Iran Phobia in Context Full Throttle: US Alleges A Terror Plot Legal Deconstruction: Fake US Complaint 1- Methodology of Legal Deconstruction 2. Questions about Arbabisar's "confession" 3. Question of Entrapment 4. Legal Definition of Exculpatory Evidence 5. Legal Flaws in the US Complaint 6. Four Troubling Questions About the (Fictitious) "Cousin" 7. Implausible Defects in FBI Surveillance/Investigation 8. Conspiracy in US Law 9. Contradictions on the Terror Money 10. Discrepancies Between the Two Complaints 11. "Weapons of Mass Destruction" Allegation Deconstructed Conclusion Appendix: 1. Amended US Complaint 2. Statement of US Department of Justice 3. Original US Complaint 4. Letter of Iran's UN Ambassador to UN 5. Excerpt of University Report: Targeted and Entrapped Selected Bibliography About the Author