Trita Parsi

So it seems like, again, a theory, I can't claim that I have full evidence for it, that there were some people inside that wanted to get this done, who thought that this hit piece would further push the State Department internal process to move it forward.

They even produced an AI video of me getting arrested by ICE.

It's actually, I mean, it scared a lot of my family members because it's so realistic.

They even got my ball spot right in the AI video.

And at the end of that video, there's a smiling Marco Rubio.

And it really made it clear he is the audience for this video because the statue that they're using, he is the ultimate decision maker on this.

I don't know the full details of it, but essentially that the state department determines that someone who is on a green card is acting against the US's interest.

And the case they would use for that in me is that I've opposed this war.

I opposed it for 25 years.

I've argued so strongly against what we have now seen.

There's no longer a theoretical argument.

It's practical.

We've seen what a disaster this is.

I've argued in favor of diplomacy, argued in favor of a different approach to the region, a different relationship, not a hostile relationship to Israel, but nevertheless, a different, much more healthy relationship.

And that, they are trying to say, is a threat to U.S.

national interests and the basis for getting me deported.

But remember, I mean, that very premise is something they would even disagree with because there's no such thing as a difference between them.

They're one and the same.

So you're not conflating two different things.

Israel and America's interest from their perspective is the same.