brief - Iran 911 Case

Perhaps the leading expert on Iran in the United States, Dr. Clawson has lecturedthroughout the world on the topic of Iran and terrorism. Over the last twenty-five years,Dr. Clawson has served as a consultant to the Central Intelligence Agency, the DefenseDepartment, the State Department, the National Security Agency, and the DefenseIntelligence Agency, while also consulting with U.S. military officials. Widelypublished, Dr. Clawson has also testified before many U.S. House and SenateCommittees. Dr. Clawson attests, in a 73-paragraph affidavit (Ex. 8, redacted, and Ex. S-14, unredacted), to the political, religious, and cultural structure that produces Iran‘s statesponsorship of terrorism, and he analyzes the economics of Iran‘s support for terrorism.He also discusses U.S. governmental and non-governmental judgments on Iran and Iran‘srole as a state sponsor of terrorism, and he explains why the factual and expert evidencein this case compels the conclusion that Iran provided material support to al Qaeda inconnection with the 9/11 attacks upon America. Dr. Clawson also highlights an oftenoverlooked fact, stated in the 9/11 REPORT at p. 241, that ―‗[a]fter 9/11 Iran and Hizbollahwish[ed] to conceal any past evidence of cooperation with Sunni terrorist[s] associatedwith al Qaeda.‘‖ Ex. 8, Clawson Affid. 50 (emphasis omitted).In addition to the State Department Annual Report, the mostauthoritative U.S. government sources have issued repeated and detaileddescriptions of Iranian material support to al Qaeda before, during andafter the 9/11 attacks. . As seen in the 9/11 Commission Report and theUS Treasury Designations, the evidence is clear and convincing.. . . .It is my expert opinion that Iran has provided material support toal-Qaeda before, during and after the events of September 11, 2001.Iranian support of al-Qaeda through its instrumentalities, theRevolutionary Guard and MOIS, is consistent with its foreign policy ofsupporting terrorism against the United States.. . . . [T]he central assistance of material support provided by Iranto al Qaeda regarding September 11, 2001 is . . . travel facilitation and safehaven.28